The house of representatives says
Kemi Adeosun, minister of finance, was right to suspend Mounir Gwarzo,
director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The minister suspended Gwarzo in
November, a time when SEC was about to conduct a forensic audit on Oando Plc.
She had also set up an
administrative panel to probe allegations of corruption levelled against him.
But the house had probed the
timing of the suspension. At one of its hearing, Gwarzo claimed Adeosun
suspended him for refusing to stop Oando’s audit.
However, at plenary on Wednesday,
the house considered and adopted the report of the committee which ruled that
the suspension is in order.
In its report, the committee
chaired by Tajudeen Yusuf from Kogi state said Adeosun acted in accordance with
the 1999 constitution and the civil service rules.
Part of the committee’s
recommendations read: “That based on the constitutional provisions and other
extant laws, as well as relevant provisions of the Public Service Rules cited
and referred to, the suspension of Mr. Munir Gwarzo, the former
director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Minister of
Finance should stand.
“That based on the petitions by
various stakeholders of Oando, the committee agreed to conduct investigation of
Oando Plc.”
The committee also said based on
the public service rules and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s staff
manual, two suspended staff of SEC – Anastacia O. Braimoh and Naif Abdulsalam –
should be recalled from suspension “and report to duty immediately.”
“That the case of Mrs. Anastasia
Braimoh and Mr. Naif Abdulsalam should be referred to the management of SEC for
disciplinary action in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s
staff manual,” it added.
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