The Senator representing Kaduna
Central in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani on Tuesday said the recall of a
former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed
Maina, has lent credence to the disjointed state of government in the country.
Sani said he believes Maina’s
reinstatement into the Federal Civil Service has left Nigerians to question how
the Federal Government intends to achieve the objectives of its anti-corruption
war.
He made this known on Tuesday
when he features on Channels Television’s Politics Today anchored by Seun
Okinbaloye.
He said: “What is clear in the
whole of these is the very fact that things have not actually changed very much
in the very sense that if a man who has an issue to settle with morality, with sanity
could at these very times be re-invited or recalled, then moral issues
certainly were raised and is also a revelation of the discord and the
disjointed state of government as it is now.”
The development, according to
him, also reveals “the very fact that some persons are behind the scene
wielding very strong powers to which their wielding of power is directly in
contradiction with what the President stands for, believes in, and advertises
as the moral principles of his government.
“It is of concern today that like
I’ve said in my tweets – corruption was being hoisted under an umbrella and
today is being swept under the carpet in the very sense that many things have
not changed despite the promise of change.
“It is worrying for the fact that
there are so many expectations, so many hopes and opportunities for us to
cleanse the system; it is very clear that corruption is becoming a cat with
nine lives”.
The lawmaker said an order was
raised by one of his colleagues during Tuesday’s plenary where the attention of
the Senate was brought to the issue of Maina and a decision was taken to set up
an ad hoc committee.
Despite the order issued by
President Buhari to investigate the recall, Sani stressed the need for
Nigerians to understand the separate responsibilities of the executive and the
legislative arms of government.
He explained that the Senate
intends to investigate the circumstances on how Maina returned to the country
and those who were responsible for his recall.
The senator added that the Upper
Chamber would also investigate how he was reinstated without the knowledge of
the President, referring to the separate reports from the Senate and the
Presidency on the corruption allegations in the North East.
“By having two reports, it would
be impossible for anyone who will try to suppress it (the investigation). The
very fact that the President now has taken a stand by reversing the recall is a
clear indication that either what was done was done without his knowledge of it
was done with his knowledge but he now realised that it was wrong.
“But the fact as it is on the
ground now is that the Senate will fully investigate and will come out with its
report. What will not happen will be a situation whereby reports will be hidden
from the public and naturally if the parliament is investigating issues,
reports are usually made public.
“We are serious about this and
Nigerians will come to know the truth of how Maina came back and those who are
responsible; we would not allow it to be a family affair and that’s why the
Senate has to investigate,” he said.
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