The World Bank press release announcing Shivshanker Pre Nair’s (now Joseph Muscat’s consultant) debarment
World Bank Debars Firms
World Bank News Release
February 17, 2000
Washington – The World Bank today announced the permanent debarment of 29 firms and seven individuals. In ordering the debarments, World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn acted on the recommendation of the Bank’s Sanctions Committee, which found that the firms and individuals had engaged in corrupt practices as defined by the Bank’s Consultants’ Guidelines.
All of the firms and individuals included in today’s announcement were debarred as a result of actions taken in connection with Bank-financed projects in Nigeria.
Some of the companies and individuals involved disputed the charges.
The debarment of each company applies as well to any firm which owns the majority of the capital of that company and to any firm of which the company owns a majority of the capital. Since the Sanctions Committee was established in November 1998, the Bank has declared 41 firms, including the 29 announced today, ineligible to be awarded Bank-financed contracts. Nine individuals have also been debarred.
The firms and individuals included in today’s announcement are:
Firms
1. Agricultural Development Services Ltd., U.K.
2. Ana Exports Ltd., U.K.
3. Coldline Incorporated, U.S.A.
4. Consultants for International Development P.L.C. , U.K.
5. Cord Construction Ltd., U.K.
6. Cybertek International Ltd., U.K.
7. Drill Technologies & Co., U.K.
8. Economic Consulting Group, U.K.
9. Emkay Enterprises Ltd., U.K.
10. Engineering Projects International, U.K.
11. First Fuji Ltd., U.K.
12. Flair Developments Ltd., U.K.
13. Infotek & Co., U.K.
14. Inter Emirates & Co., United Arab Emirates
15. International Development Projects Services, U.K.
16. Inter-Russ Ltd., U.K.
17. Labh Universal, U.K.
18. Medirite Group Ltd., U.K.
19. Mirna International, U.K.
20. Norsk-Agro Ltd., U.K.
21. Resource Development Ltd., U.K.
22. Ribalco International, U.K.
23. Sharda Impex (U.K.) Ltd., Nigeria
24. Shereena Agriculture Ltd., Nigeria
25. Shivind Ltd., U.K.
26. Thrust Technologies & Co., U.K.
27. Times International & Co., U.K.
28. United Basel Ltd., U.K.
29. West End Associates Ltd., U.K.
Individuals
1. Labh Singh Gill, U.K.
2. Vikram Deepak Gursahaney, Nigeria
3. Gurpreet Singh Malik, Nigeria
4. Pradeep Menon, U.K.
5. Shivshanker Pre Nair, U.K.
6. Mandeep S. Sandhu, U.S.A.
7. Kamal Sharda, Nigeria
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Keeping Mr Nair as a consultant to the Prime Minister Joseph Muscat is now untenable.
As someone else commented on this site, Muscat is bound to say that he finds no objection in retaining Nair since he’s not been taken to court.
This is far scarier than I would have imagined. The electorate has delivered the island to mercenaries and pirates.
I am afraid we are now moving towards being labelled as the “gangster island” within the EU. Thank you switchers, I just hope you and your families will be the first ones to suffer the consequences of your actions.
Because of you and your like we are now well and truly shafted, and my family will suffer for no reason but for you a==holes.
Actually, in the list of Firms debarred by the World Bank in the press release above, there is at least one company, namely number 4, CONSULTANTS FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LIMITED, which is connected to Shiv Nair.
In the link below, the admin listed how Nair worked in company CONSULTANTS FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LIMITED as PROJECT MANAGER.
http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/how-hard-could-it-have-been-for-malta-enterprise-chief-mario-vella-and-prime-minister-muscat-to-do-the-same-thing/
There may be other companies in that list which relate to Shiv Nair. For instance, the name Shivind Ltd., listed as number 25, is suspicious. The company is also based in the UK.
The press release above relates the debarrment of the whole list of firms and individuals to projects in Nigeria. This is what Shivind, and other companies in the list above, e.g. First Fuji Ltd., were doing in Nigeria:
http://cam.misc.narkive.com/648udRBG/about-the-world-bank-an-ethical-career-with-us
http://opencorporates.com/companies/im/084684C
Shivind Ltd.
Would some Labour Movement “expert” please explain this fatal attraction between John Dalli and Joseph Muscat on one side and disreputable international financial entities on the other? They look very much like suicidally inclined moths circling around a naked flame inviting instant incineration.
The debarrment of Mr. Pradeep Shiv Nair by the World Bank was noted in the British Parliament already in the year 2000 following a parliamentary question.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmhansrd/vo000620/text/00620w09.htm
It’s time that the Maltese Parliament takes note of Mr. Nair’s debarrment. Perhaps a little PQ from one of the MPs from the Opposition could do the trick? Here’s some help:
Can the Prime Minister Tana Lkoll confirm that Mr. Shiv Pradeep Shankaran Nair is a consultant for the Prime Minister?
Can the Prime Minister provide the details of the remuneration conditions of Mr. Nair, or is he too part of the army of pro bono ‘volunteers’ that seem to be permeating this Tana Lkoll government?
Can the Prime Minister explain the basis of Mr. Nair’s appointment given that Mr. Nair is debarred by the World Bank for fraud and corruption?