BEVERLY HILLS, October 23, (THEWILL) – The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, has denied reports that she approved the reinstatement of a former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, and his subsequent posting to the Ministry of Interior.
In a three-paragraph statement released by her Assistant Director, Media Relations, Mohammed Manga, the HoS insisted that Maina’s reinstatement and posting did not emanate from her office.
“The attention of the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation has been drawn to several media reports that the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation has approved the reinstatement into the Federal Civil Service of Alhaji Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina and his subsequent posting to the Ministry of Interior,” the statement read.
“The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation wishes to inform the public that the reinstatement and posting of Alhaji Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina never emanated from the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.
“Consequently, the purported reinstatement and posting by the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation is totally erroneous and misleading.”
THEWILL recalls that Maina, a fugitive was deployed to the Interior Ministry in an acting capacity following the retirement of the director in charge of the human resources department.
When it became public, the Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.), absolved himself from complicity in the matter revealing that Maina was posted to his Ministry by the HoS a few days ago.
“The ex-Chairman of the Presidential Task Force Team on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, was posted a few days ago to the Ministry of Interior by the Office of the Head of Service in an acting capacity to fill a vacancy following the retirement of the director heading the human resources department in the ministry,” the Minister revealed in a statement, in Abujaon Sunday, signed by his press secretary, Ehisienmen Osaigbovo.
“For the avoidance of doubt, issues relating to discipline, employment, re-engagement, posting, promotion and retirement of federal civil servants are the responsibility of the Federal Civil Service Commission and the office of the Head of Service of the Federation, of which no minister exercises such powers as erroneously expressed.”
The Minister added that Maina was probably posted to the Ministry because that was his last posting before he was declared wanted by the anti-graft commission, the EFCC, for the multi-billion naira pension fund scam.
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