President Muhammadu Buhari has
assured Nigerians that he will not sweep the case involving the embattled
former pension boss, Abdulrasheed Maina, under the carpet.
He said this on Wednesday night
through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, when he
featured on Channels Television’s Politics Today.
Buhari said: “As far as the
government is concerned, it (Maina’s case) is an unraveling matter.
“The last you heard officially
from the government was that he was ordered to be disengaged from service and a
report was asked for, that report came in and the President has it.
“So, until the President gets
back to Nigerians, you can’t say the matter is closed or it is swept under the
carpet,” he added.
Maina, who was accused of mismanaging
of about N2 billion pension fund, was reinstated into the Federal Civil Service
after he was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC).
His reinstatement had sparked
criticism from Nigerians, a development which some claimed prompted President
Buhari to order his immediate dismissal.
Reacting to anticipations that
the government will order a probe into the incident, Adesina said President
Buhari only demanded a report on the circumstances that led to Maina’s
readmittance into the public service.
“Nigerians love probe, you can’t
call that a probe; he’s just asking for a report that led to the circumstance,
it’s not a probe,” he insisted.
On the next action from the
Presidency, the presidential aide said: “A couple of days ago you gave a
timeline on the former SGF and the former DG NIA issue.”
“And you gave it point after
point, dateline after dateline – from the April 19 suspension to the submission
of the report on August 23, and then on October 29 you had the feedback. So, that
tells you that things are never swept under the carpet in this administration;
you’ll get a feedback on it,” he added.
Adesina also spoke on the leaked
memo in which the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred
Oyo-Ita, claimed she had warned of the implication of reinstating Maina into
the service when she met with the President.
He said although he had not
confirmed if the meeting truly held between President Buhari and Oyo-Ita, he
would not make any comment until the HoS acknowledges that the memo came from
her office.
“Let her authenticate what is in
the public domain that it really came from her. When she owns that memo
supposedly written by her, then we’ll take it from there,” he said.
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