There was a mild drama between
the Ministry of Interior and the Head of Civil Service, HoS, Winifred Oyo-Ita,
on Thursday over the reinstatement of former Chairman of the Presidential Task
Force on Pension Reform, Abdulrasheed Maina into the civil service.
The Permanent Secretary of the
Ministry of Interior, Abubakar Magaji, had stated that the decision for the
reinstatement of Maina was taken after a meeting between his Ministry and
representatives of the Office of the HoS.
Magaji stated that, following the
meeting, the HoS was directed to take “further necessary action.”
The Permanent Secretary made the
disclosure while addressing the House of Representatives investigative panel on
Maina’s reinstatement in Abuja.
According to Magaji, “The
Ministry conducted Senior Staff Committee meeting for the reinstatement of
Maina after receiving a letter from the office of the Head of Service to
reconsider the earlier position taken by the Ministry in dismissing Maina for
reinstatement.
“The meeting was held in the
Ministry with the presence of the representatives of the Head of Service, the
Federal Civil Service Commissioner who without anyone of them, the meeting
would have been null and void.
“The meeting took the decision to
reinstate Maina and copy of that meeting’s minute was sent to the office of the
Head of Service for further necessary action.
“That action, as Civil Servants,
we expected a meeting of management committee to look at the presentation of
Ministry of Interior Senior staff committee where they will disagree or agree
before sending it to the Federal Civil Service Commission for further necessary
action.
“The meeting on the reinstatement
of Maina was initiated, directed by us to be conducted by the Office of the
Head of Service.”
However, Oyo-Ita dismissed the
assertion by the Permanent Secretary, saying Magaji’s stance was an indication
that he is a “bit limited in facts.”
“For the perm sec to say the
reinstatement of Maina was coming from the HoS of the federation was a bit
limited in facts,” she said.
Magaji, however, contradicted
himself while responding to a question from the panel when he declared that
Maina was not reinstated.
According to Magaji, “Maina was
not reinstated. That he is entering the ministry does not mean he was part of
the workforce.
“I challenge anyone who has
documents showing that Maina was reinstated and assigned an office in the
Ministry of Interior to show it.
“I’m the permanent Secretary. I
did not reinstate Maina and I know my colleagues here didn’t do that behind
me,” he said.
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For heavens sake, why the lies? These people are all liars. So a ghost reinstated Maina.
ReplyDeleteMaina has said Buhari was aware of his meeting on the video sent to national Tv. Why all this drama. Una dey mad. Do u think we nigerians are your fools. You guys are really crazy and foolish
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