There were indications last night
that President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the redeployment of the
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Ambassador
AbdulAzeez Musa for giving out his daughter to the son of an oil
magnate.
Besides alleged expensive nature of the
wedding, the President was said to have taken the decision following an
alleged conflict of interest.
But a source also alleged that the
President acted against the Permanent Secretary because some key
opposition figures were at the wedding.
According to findings, the wedding was
held in Dubai , United Arab Emirates last Saturday after an initial
introduction ceremony in Abuja.
The Permanent Secretary, who hails from
Jigawa State, allowed her daughter to marry the son of the oil magnate
who is a Christian from Kogi State.
The Presidency has, however, directed
the Permanent Secretary to report to the Head of the Civil Service of
the Federation, Mr.Abba Aji Goni, for redeployment.
It was learnt that a senior director has
been mandated to act as Permanent Secretary pending the reshuffling of
permanent secretaries in the Federal Civil Service.
A reliable source, who spoke in
confidence, said: “The Permanent Secretary has been asked to report to
the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation for redeployment. But he
is currently on leave. The redeployment will take effect after he
resumes.
“The Presidency did not take kindly to
the alleged expensive nature of the wedding in Dubai. It believes that a
serving public officer should not have been involved in such.
“The truth of the matter is that the
redeployment has to do with an alleged conflict of interest because the
father of the groom is a high net worth stakeholder in the petroleum
industry.
“Out of envy, some stakeholders decided
to petition the Presidency that the Permanent Secretary might use his
position to favour his in-law.
“But the petitioners did not take
cognizance of the fact that the Permanent Secretary was deployed in the
ministry six months ago. There could not have been any conspiracy with
the oil magnate.
“The groom and the bride met in the UK
about eight years ago without the knowledge of their parents and the
Permanent Secretary had no knowledge that he would be posted to the
Ministry of Petroleum Resources.
“Being inter-religious marriage, it took
time before both parents consented to it. Some oil marketers were just
determined to get at the father of the groom.”
Another source, however, said what
hastened the redeployment of the Permanent Secretary was the presence of
some key opposition leaders at the wedding in Dubai.
The source added: “I think some forces
in the Presidency took exception to the presence of key opposition
figures at the wedding in Dubai.
“They are suspecting that the father of
the groom might be romancing the opposition figures who they are
desperate to deal with. And these forces were unhappy that a serving
Permanent Secretary allowed opposition leaders to be at her daughter’s
wedding.
“But some government functionaries have a
different opinion because the wedding was purely a social gathering and
not a political type.
“There was no political statement or
campaign at the wedding. These opposition leaders are first and foremost
Nigerians. They were not even invited by the Permanent Secretary.”
When contacted, the Chief Press
Secretary to the Head of Service, Mr. Tope Ajakaiye, said he had no such
information yet on the fate of the Permanent Secretary.
He declined further comments because he had not been briefed.
But a source close to the Permanent
Secretary said: “Ambassador Musa was not sacked; he has only been
redeployed but he is on leave.
“Contrary to insinuations, the Permanent Secretary did not engage in lavish wedding for his daughter.”
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ReplyDeletefoolish people
ReplyDeleteFirst of all what's with the headlines?
ReplyDeleteWas it because of the Dubai wedding he was removed or clash of interest.
Journalists your sensational headlines are one of the causes of problems in this country.
Do you know 90% of the people that saw the headlines will not bother reading but will carry on this untrue gist.
Why can't we help ourselves in this country?
Asper the story it's so badly written nothing concrete can be summarized from it.
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