HeadlineMaina Hasn't Received Salary After Disengagement – Adeosun Insists

Maina Hasn’t Received Salary After Disengagement – Adeosun Insists

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SAN FRANCISCO, November 30, (THEWILL) – The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, on Thursday, said the former Chairman, Pension Reform Task Force, Alhaji Abdulrasheed Maina, has not received a salary from the government after his disengagement.

Adeosun said this in Abuja when she appeared before members of House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee investigating the disappearance, re-appearance, reinstatement and promotion of Maina.

She said that from the records of the Ministry, there was no trace of any payment of salary to Maina after he was disengaged from service in 2013.

“We have looked very well and we have no biometrics of Maina, so there is no way he could have received salaries,” Adeosun said.

In his submission, the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris, said that Maina was last paid salary in February 2013.

According to Idris, from March, he was removed from the payroll so I don’t know where he was receiving the salary.

“If there was any payment of salary to Maina, there should be payslips and an account the payments were made. So, let whoever made the claim tender them to support the claim,” Idris said.

THEWILL recalls that counsel to Maina, Mr Muhammadu Kuta, had while told the committee on November 23 that his client received salary up to October 2017 and was still treating files.

Meanwhile, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mohammed Babandede, has disclosed that Maina has three passports which he uses to enter and leave Nigeria at will.

Babandede made this known when he appeared before the panel revealing that records from the NIS showed that the ex-pension boss has not travelled out of the country since 2013.

Babandede said Maina used to have an official passport, which had expired but not renewed; an ordinary valid passport and an American passport.

“We got to know about Maina on September 27, 2013 when he was going out of the country through the MMIA.

“He has three passports. The first one was an official one, expired not renewed. His current passport is valid till 2018. He also has a valid US passport to expire 26 August 2020.

“During our checks, we discovered that Maina has travelled many times. He was stopped because of an EFCC letter.

“In December 2015, we received a letter from the EFCC to remove his name from the ‘stop list.’ But after the President’s directive, we blocked his name on the passport.

“So, according to our records, he hasn’t been travelling since 2013.”

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