Former President Olusegun
Obasanjo has said that the reinstatement and dismissal of a former chairman of
the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, was not consistent with
President Muhammadu Buhari’s avowed war on corruption.
Obasanjo said this at the 2017
Foundation Day Public Lecture titled: “Corruption and the Challenges of the
African Child”.
The lecture was organised to mark
the 14th anniversary of Dorcas Oke Hope Alive Initiative (DOHAI), in Ibadan,
the Oyo state capital.
He also warned Buhari that there
must not be any “sacred cows” in the fight against corruption.
“Corruption must be punished, and
must be seen to be punished.
“Any accomplice in corruption and
cover-up and any failure to punish must also earn punishment.
“We cannot afford to have sacred
cows in the fight against corruption. The Maina saga should never have been
allowed to occur.
“It is not in tandem with the fight
against corruption,” Obasanjo said.
On Monday, President Buhari
ordered for Maina’s sack and demanded a full report on the circumstances
surrounding his reinstatement.
The Head of Civil Service of the
Federation, Winifred
Oyo-Ita, has already submitted the report on the matter.
Maina has been on the run over a
pension fraud running into N100billion.
He was dismissed from the civil
service in 2013 for absconding, but secretly reabsorbed and promoted in
September.
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