The National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) has reinstated its former acting CEO and three senior executives who had been placed on precautionary suspension for eight months. The mandate of the agency, which falls under the Department of Human Settlements, is to protect home seekers by offering services such as home building inspections, and regulation of the home building industry. The returning employees would now undergo disciplinary processes as the investigation that was launched in July 2017 had been completed, the National Home Builders Registration Council said. The four were suspended for allegedly appointing two staff members irregularly and contravening internal procedures of the agency. "The report had indicated that there were allegations of contravention of internal procedures including irregular employee appointments. The four executives were then placed on precautionary suspension in order to allow the Council-appointed independent investigation to unfold...
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