The Head of Service of the
Federation, Mrs. Winfred Oyo-Ita, has insisted that letters came from the
office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, to the Federal Civil
Service Commission, FCSC, directing the reinstatement of ex-pension boss,
Abdurasheed Maina.
Oyo-Ita made this revelation when
she appeared before the House of Representatives committee investigating the
disappearance, reappearance and reinstatement of Maina in the federal civil
service on Thursday.
The HoS said she was also
surprised to hear about Maina’s reinstatement in the media like anyone else,
submitting that the Ministry of Interior never acted on her letters.
Speaking further, Oyo-Ita
insisted that she has never received any notification that Maina challenged his
dismissal in court since her appointment.
She said, “Maina was dismissed in
2013 from federal civil service.
“Sometime this year, letters
began to come from AGF to the Federal Civil Service Commission, copied to my
office.
“AGF gave directed that Maina
should be reinstated.
“When I got hold of the letter, I
held on it.
“I learnt through the media that
he had been reinstated. Those are the clarifications I have to make on this.
“No ministry has the authorities
to issue reinstatement letters. When I learnt through the media and a letter
from the Chief of Staff that Mr. Maina had been reinstated, I wrote a letter to
Perm Second, Ministry of Interior.
“The permanent secretary never
acted on any letter from my office. The Federal Civil Service Commission has
its own mandate.
“It is surprising that without my
conveying this letter, the ministry of Interior went ahead to reinstate Maina.
“I decided to hold onto that
letter to seek further clarification. I was concerned that the decision to
reinstate Maina may not have been in the interest of the present
administration. I held on because Mr. Maina may not have cleared the issue with
the security agencies.
“I have not received such
notifications from the time I took over.”
When the committee demanded to
know why she could entertain any letter from the AGF as against the Civil
Service practices and norms, Oyo-Ita said, “The AGF is the number legal
authority of this country. So, whatever legal decision he has would not be
discarded just like that.”
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