The Minister of Interior,
Abdulrahman Dambazau, on Sunday offered explanations on how the former Chairman
of the Presidential Task Force Team on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed
Maina, was reinstated into the civil service.
The Minister’s position was
contained in a statement by his spokesman, Ehisienmen Osaigbovo.
The statement said, “The
ex-Chairman of the Presidential Task Force Team on Pension Reforms Abdulrasheed
Maina was posted few days ago to the Ministry of Interior by the Office of the
Head of Service in an Acting capacity to fill a vacancy created following the
retirement of the Director heading the Human Resources Department in the
Ministry.
“For the avoidance of doubt,
issues relating to discipline, employment, re-engagement, posting, promotion
and retirements of Federal Civil Servants are the responsibility of the Federal
Civil Service Commission and Office of the Head of Service of the Federation,
of which no Minister exercises such powers as erroneously expressed in this
publication. It is understood that Maina’s last posting was with the Ministry
of Interior, and that is probably why he was re-posted back to the Ministry.
“It is, therefore, improper for
anybody to think that a Minister could exercise such powers or influence the
process of Discipline, Re-engagement, and Deployment of any civil servant to
his Ministry or any other Ministry for that matter. Again such responsibility
is that of the Federal Civil Service Commission and/or the Head of Civil
Service,” Dambazau said.
Maina was declared wanted after
he fled the country based on the accusation that he mismanaged N2 billion
pension fund.
His declaration as a wanted
person by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is still on the
anti-graft agency’s website as reported by The Eagle Online on Sunday.
This minister must be sick. Minister, are you saying you absorbed somebody who has been declared wanted into your ministry because he was posted by the office of the Head of Service? or the Head of service did not know the man in question has been declared wanted before promoting him?
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This our APC guys emmmmm Una too stupid. Always mumu stories. Thsi Government is sick of brain tumor
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