The Acting Chairman of the
Federal Civil Service Commission, Joseph Akande said that former pension boss,
Abdulrasheed Maina was sacked for dereliction of duty.
Akande also told the House of
Representatives committee investigating the matter that the Attorney General of
the Federation, AGF wrote in letters requesting the recall of Maina.
He said, “Mr. Maina was declared
absent from duty 2013 and attempts to locate him proved abortive. The Ministry
informed the HoS for query.
“The Ministry of Interior gave
the query. They were unable to locate him.
“A letter was addressed to Maina.
When Mr. Maina Was unable to respond to the query, the ministry considered it,
Senior Staff Committee recommended to the ministry that Mr. Maina should be
dismissed.
“Sometime in 2014, Mr. Maina
wrote the commission, appealing that the committee should reconsider and review
the dismissal.
“In January, 2017 the Commission
received a letter from AGF and Minister, dated 19 Jan which was also copied to
the HoS- demanding update on the dismissal.
“The second letter also came that
he is the chief legal officer of the country and Maina’s dismissal cannot
stand…so, we looked at it and wrote to the interior to advise us…”
Akande also stated that it could
not have been possible to ignore letters from the Office of the
Attorney-General of the Federation.
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