Transparency and Accountability in NGO Sector| TIB Style!
Good governance in NGO Sector Problems and Solutions workshop was arranged by TIB, BRAC, MJF, OXFAM and NGO Bureau at Chittagong. I was attended with one of my journalist friends and find interesting things. Most of the participants are Government officials and they are blaming NGOs for corruption even NGO Bureau officials also blames to NGOs. But what is interesting there is no NGO representative, I think I found 2-3 NGO personnel. But no representative from their associations. I know Mr. Nazer who is chairperson of ADAB. Most of them talks about NGOs business, corruption, monopoly. After end of the session I talked with TIB people about NGOs participation, they said they invite only their members other partners invite their partners. Again I talk with one NGO personnel, they said they are not aware who are invited and process. Mr. Pronab Kr Gosh from NGO Bureau presented paper for transparency, I informed he was most compliant for last BNP-Jamat jute government, sitting in NGO bureau for last 7 years and without money he does not signed any paper and have involved many irregularities.
What I would like to say, If participation of NGOs are not fair how TIB make solutions, is the TIB serve to implement other peoples agenda to say all NGOs are corrupt, which they already done before. BRAC is a symbol of corruption, manipulation, business in the world and they are arranged workshop to NGOs free from corruption. Is it possible how I don't know? They have solution, they buy the TIB and others to implement their purposes and BRAC is successful buyer in Bangladesh who has excellent capacity and skill to purchase donor, GOB minister, officials, politicians, NGOs and journalist etc. In the name of transparency and anti corruption BRAC open training school for journalist. I know BRAC is main initiator who played important role to dived NGOs in Bangladesh develop another platform, develop opportunist groups, makes syndicates, corrupt government officials and monopoly the NGO syndication. This is the main cause of NGO corruption in Bangladesh. But nobody will discuss why the NGOs are unmanageable, I was talked with a NGO leaders for last year, he said BRAC and other few do not wants there is self regulation in NGOs sector, even all the business and other professional bodies have self regulation bodies, BRAC and others destroyed it. Now they are taking monopoly and become gang leaders. They wants NGOs size should be limited one. Government officials even TIB will not talks anything about BRAC, because once they have to go BRAC for job after retirement. If it is established all NGOs are corrupt BRAC will say we are transparent and we circulate our accounts through newspaper with big advertisement. So, come to me, give your all fund. Thus ways 3-5 NGOs are holding most of the fund? I learnt another things, donors interested to give all fund to BRAC and others who have multistoried building and facilities. In the name of bidding they also support big NGOs. So donors should be transparent and bidding process should be non profit oriented. I make another question, how BRAC and others developed multistoried buildings, million–billions dollars business? from where money is come? Is the money come from poor or deprived them or in the name of poor? What is my observation last 7 years some NGOs who are associated with business micro-credit and others and linkage with ruling government they become get bigger and those who criticized governments corruption and irregularities become down and decreased below.
So, TIB should be reformed and should clear what is their inside intention, is they are stand against nation and to flash the globally Bangladesh is the nation of corrupt people? TIB also NGO, is the accountable? what I seen to selecting NGO participants, they are not perfect and controversial and engaged to implements others agenda. Otherwise they will talks about NGOs self regulation, ADAB issues and NGOs biding process. The process and dealing is corruption, how NGOs become exploit out from corruption. Thanks organizer for attractive food and big amounts of traveling cost
Nishat Rana
CTG University
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