How deal for Maina’s reinstatement, withdrawal of N2.5bn suit was struck

Fresh details have emerged of how the embattled former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina allegedly “arranged” for his reinstatement and subsequent withdrawal of the court case he instituted against the Federal Government, with influential individuals in the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN).

Controversy has trailed the alleged role of the office of the AGF, the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazzau, the chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu; the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC), Oluremi Joseph Akande; and the Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita in Maina’s reinstatement and promotion into the Federal Civil Service, which was approved on August 16 and completed in October with a rank of Director Grade Level 17 and backdated to February 21, 2013.

However, it has emerged that much of the work, including the recommendation to get President Muhammadu Buhari to use his “presidential directive” to effect Maina’s reinstatement was done in the office of the AGF.

The office had initiated the move for Maina’s recall after he was reported to have made some visits and tendered the court cases he had instituted challenging his disengagement from the civil service.

Dailytrust, December 2, 2017

 

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