The Nigerian Minster of Finance,
Kemi Adeosun and the Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, have
debunked the claims by Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina that he was still under the
payroll of the Federal Civil Service of Nigeria.
The duo gave this testimony on
Thursday, at the ongoing public hearing into the disappearance, reappearance,
reinstatement and subsequent promotion of Mr. Maina to the rank of Deputy
Director at the Ministry of Interior.
Maina was removed from the
services of the federal government in 2013, over the allegation of
misappropriation of fund as Chairman of the Pension Fund Task Team.
Barely four years that he was
declared wanted by the Senate, Maina was in gloriously reinstated and promoted
by the federal government, which necessitated the ongoing public hearing at the
House of Representatives.
Maina had also, during one of his
interviews with a media house, made shocking revelations, one of which was, the
accusation that the Presidency was aware of his reinstatement, and that he had
been under the payroll of the government since his “purported sack” in 2013.
While giving oral testimonials at
the public hearing, the Accountant – General of the Federation Idris, said
“salaries are not recieved in the air”, claiming that Maina was not correct
with his assertion.
“From our records, Maina recieved
salary last in February 2013. From March 2013, he was removed from the payroll.
I don’t know where Maina was getting his salaries from,” Idris told the
committee.
The Honourable Minister also
corroborated the submission of the AGF, saying her ministry had checked the
records at the IPPS and other available means, but could not find anywhere
Maina recieved salary since March 2013.
“We have tried to test all
available options, by interchanging the names, using Abdulrasheed Maina, M.
Abdulrasheed and even Maina Abdulrasheed but could not get results”, Adeosun
said.
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