The Senate has described as
national embarrassment the recall and reinstatement of former Chairman of
Presidential Taskforce on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina.
Speaking on Channels on Friday,
the Chairman Senate Committee on Media, Senator Aliyu Sabi-Abdullahi wondered
how Maina came back and assumed a higher position than he left.
The former pension boss was
declared wanted by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for an
alleged N2bn pension’s biometric fraud in November 2015
He reportedly disappeared from
public glare only to come home about two weeks ago to take charge a Director in
the Ministry of Interior, with his return sparking reactions and outrage.
Abdullahi added, “I think it is
important for Nigerians to have answers to what exactly happened leading to
this embarrassment, which if people say is a national embarrassment, I think
they are correct.
“Here is somebody who has been
declared wanted and suddenly coming back, not just coming back but coming back
to even assume duty at a higher level than he left it. So I think there is
quite a lot to ask and that brings me to one very interesting point.
“The fact that the civil service
is the key pillar for which governance is anchored and any government that
desires to achieve whatever goals and objectives it set for itself, must have a
very virile and performing public or civil service.”
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