Senziwe Matshela
A seven days suspension grace period has been lended to Andile Nongogo to provide and present to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) board arguments as to why he ought to be kept on the board.
Following the discovery of inconsistencies in the selection of direct payment service providers, Andile Nongogo, the CEO of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), is anticipated to be fired momentarily.
The change occurred as a result of a ravaging report that Werkmans Attorneys produced, supporting allegations of procedural discrepancies in the NSFAS’s nomination procedure for direct payment service providers.
The NSFAS Board launched the investigation due to possible conflicts of interest after claims concerning Nongogo and his involvement in the payment tendering procedure became apparent.
NSFAS spokesman Slumezi Skosana addressed the anxieties and highlighted the board’s dedication to correcting the situation, promising that the report’s recommendations will be followed and the relevant action will be taken against the at-fault service providers.
In addition to reassuring the student body that the current developments will not yield student allowances from being paid on time, Skosana emphasised that the current service providers will remain true to their end of the bargain until the situation is changed to reflect the report’s conclusions.
Over 80 000 students received delayed or insufficient financial aid as a result of the administrative inaccuracies which had far-reaching effects and made the financial burdens already experienced by those obtaining higher education more dire.
Skosana confirmed that,”They have been notified about the irregularities identified in their appointments, necessitating further board procedures to rectify the situation. However, the service providers will continue to dispense the allowances as stipulated in the existing contracts. Rest assured, the findings and recommendations of the report will be diligently implemented”.
