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.
Give it a week, this matter will die down.
Just like all the others.
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