National Association of Nigerian
Students (NANS) has called for immediate suspension of those suspected of
complicity in reinstating Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman of Pension Task
Team, into civil service.
NANS’s President, Chinonso Obasi,
in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said this would ensure credible probe of the
scandal.
Obasi said revelations emanating
from government circles, particularly in respect to breaches of service rules,
insubordination, allegations and counter-allegations on act bordering, were
embarrassing.
“Just recently, a mind-boggling
revelation was made of how Maina was smuggled back to the civil service after
almost five years of absconding”, he noted.
“The elevation of Maina from
Deputy Director to Director with evidence of official exchange of
correspondence amongst government officials is nothing but attempt to ridicule
the public image and psyche of Nigerians and the civil service system.
“As advocates of sane and
corrupt-free Nigeria, we make bold to ask President Muhammadu Buhari to swiftly
suspend all heads of commission, extra-ministerial departments and ministries
involved in this sour saga.
“The Head of Service of the
Federation, and the Chairman of Federal Civil Service Commission deserve
nothing but immediate suspension from office and probe for allowing themselves
to be caught in this web of professional misconduct.”
The NANS president said that it
had become imperative for Buhari to rid his administration of those who were
making mockery of his commitment to fight corruption.
He said that the police and
ant-graft agencies should do all they could to bring Maina to answer to the
allegations against him and shed light on how and why he returned to the civil
service after absconding for over four years.
“We insist that same measures
taken by the presidency in the cases involving the suspended Secretary to the
Government of the Federation and the Director-General of the National
Intelligence Agency be meted out to everyone involved in `Mainagate’.
“This case should be diligently
probed and prosecuted and the report should not be swept under the carpet.
“To this end, we hereby issue a
seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to act and do so with the highest
sense of sincerity regardless of those involved and their closeness to the
corridors of power,’’ he said.
Obasi said that if no action was
taken at the expiration of the ultimatum, Nigerian students would be left with
no option than to organise a nationwide mass action
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