A House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina into the civil service has reportedly indicted Attorney-General of the federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami.
According to Daily Trust, the report of the 12-member committee headed by the member representing, Dala federal constituency of Kano State, Madaki Ali, said: “Malami ‘pressurised all that mattered’ to see that Maina was brought back into the civil service.” In the report, Malami was listed as the “architect” of Maina’s reinstatement.
The lawmakers said apart from meeting with Maina in Dubai despite knowing he had been declared wanted, the attorney-general unduly interfered (with) and pressured the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) regarding Maina’s reinstatement.
“The attorney-general knew that Maina is a fugitive, yet he met him in Dubai. Maina’s reinstatement didn’t follow due process and it was fraudulently masterminded,” the report read.
The panel, therefore, said Malami’s action was unconstitutional and recommended that he should be reprimanded and cautioned. It also recommended that he should be advised on the best way to deal with such issues and not to interfere in matters he has no jurisdiction over.
The panel also said the FCSC erred by obeying Malami’s directive and recommended that the commission should be asked to stick to civil service rules in such matters.
DAILY POST reports that the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC), in 2013, dismissed Maina, who was the former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT).
He was accused of being involved in pension fraud running into over N100 billion and had a warrant of arrest issued against him.
Subsequently, the police and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) declared him wanted, after which he went into hiding.
But four years after, Maina managed to find his way back into the civil service, following a letter of reinstatement from Federal Civil Service Commission.
Following reports of Maina’s reinstament, Buhari ordered that the reinstatement be revoked, and also directed Winifred Oyo-Ita, head of the civil service of the federation, to probe the matter.
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