[chottala.com] Are Bangladeshi NGOs is losing Dignity?

Last few days there is another reshuffle has been added in the NGO sector in Bangladesh. PROSHIKA a large NGO has been moving its President Dr. Quazi Faroque. Last few days the PROSHIKA staff is demanding resignation of it's President.  I was talked with few field level staff and have gained information from News media. Qr. Quazi Faroque has suspend 11 sr. staff and made OSD of Sr. staff of Micro credit programme and who also front line leaders of Qr. Quazi Faroque's political party name is Okkyabadday Nagorik Andolan-ONA. The allegations are Qr. Quazi Faroque formed political party ONA, has spent large amount of money for election and he and some Sr. staff's relative got stipend from PROSHIKA Fund and provided job. They have managed all the field staff and disseminated wrong information to the field level staff.  Finally the entire field staff stops their duties and become protest to resigned Qr. Quazi Faroque. They submitted memorandum to the DC, UNO and the later barricade the head office to protests against Qr. Quazi Faroque. After long time the staff members also managed Governing body members and entire Governing body withdrawn support from Qr. Quazi Faroque and remove him to PROSHIKA. But Qr. Quazi Faroque says as per PROSHIKA constitution, President should be removed by the General Council not by the Governing body.

 

What we have seen last one month, PROSHIKA staffs who are frontline leaders of ONA the political force of Qr. Quazi Faroque is demanding resignation not with in the organization, they make barricade, human chain at street etc to resigned Qr. Quazi Faroque. And later the Governing body decided to remove Qr. Quazi Faroque, who is the founder and CEO of PROSHIKA and the ideological leader. 

 

What is learning for us, is it different than the incident happening everyday in the readymade garments industries and destroy the garments factory for wages and salary by the general workers? NGO staffs who claim as human rights activists become raise demonstration to resigned Qr. Quazi Faroque from PROSHIKA which is absolutely its internal issues and finally goes to court. If some body is suspend from any NGOs, they are saying it is not good or CEO's corrupted, there is no good governance etc? I can raised question, if Qr. Quazi Faroque, is not good manager, good leaders, and is there is no good governance why you are protesting against last BNP and its alliance for their irregularities and issues? It seems self contradictory or political motivated? Is any NGOs have such rights to took part in the political field. I know, you have question, such I was raised question why NGOs are doing business in the name of social welfare, if somebody would like to do business why not they are taken trade license from Government instead of registration as Charity, Mr. Nazer from ADAB Chittagong was no answer. It also be same, PROSHIKA staff have no answer. I talked with PROSHIKA staff, they said, the aggrieve PROSHIKA staff was the main political leaders of Qr. Quazi Faroque's political force ONA. When they lose their job and Qr. Quazi Faroque is hamper their personal rights, they blame he is corrupt leaders, not democratic and made street protest to resign from PROSHIKA and the Mr. Mahbubul Karim who is also blame for corruption is changing shadow and become new CEO.

 

One of NGO worker in Chittagong city said the PROSHIKA incidents may be occurred in any NGOs in Bangladesh including the largest NGO, in our culture the founder and initiator finally removed with a large numbers of allegations and finally lots of social welfare institutions become non-functional. NGOs are going unwanted back resume where NGOs will dismiss by the NGOs staff not their opponents.

 

 

Nishat Rana

Chittagong University

 

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