The Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, has confirmed the reinstatement of old Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Mr Abdulrasheed Maina, equally an Acting Director inwards his ministry.
This came later media reports that Maina had been secretly re-instated as well as promoted to the order of managing director inwards the ministry.
The confirmation came inwards a tilt issued past times the Press Secretary to the minister, Mr Ehisienmen Osaigbovo, on Sunday.
The tilt read: “The ex- Chairman of the Presidential Task Force Team on Pension Reforms Abdulrasheed Maina was posted few days agone to the Ministry of Interior past times the Office of the Head of Service inwards an Acting capacity to fill upwards a vacancy created next the retirement of the Director heading the Human Resources Department inwards the Ministry.
“For the avoidance of doubt, issues relating to discipline, employment, re-engagement, posting, advertisement as well as retirements of Federal Civil Servants are the responsibleness of the Federal Civil Service Commission as well as Office of the Head of Service of the Federation, of which no Minister exercises such powers equally erroneously expressed inwards this publication. It is understood that Maina’s final posting was alongside the Ministry of Interior, as well as that is belike why he was re-posted dorsum to the Ministry.
“It is thence improper for anybody to intend that a Minister could practice such powers or influence the procedure of Discipline, Re-engagement, as well as Deployment of whatsoever civil retainer to his Ministry or whatsoever other Ministry for that matter. Again such responsibleness is that of the Federal Civil Service Commission and/or the Head of Civil Service.
“In whatsoever case, the relevant institutions of regime are move to their responsibilities regarding the allegations confronting Mr. Maina.”
Maina was appointed past times old President Goodluck Jonathan equally Chairman of the business forcefulness inwards 2010 to banking company agree the corruption inwards the country’s pension system.
In 2012, the Nigeria Police defendant him of misappropriating N100 billion pension funds inwards connivance alongside others. The Civil Service Commission reportedly dismissed him for “absconding from duty’’.
Maina was arraigned inwards absentia past times the Economic as well as Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which declared him wanted inwards 2015.
The anti-graft agency, through its spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, says the old pension business forcefulness chairman remains on the commission’s wanted list.