Oyo-Ita: Why We Haven’t Disciplined Any Individual Over Maina’s Recall - News about Nigeria ~.

Winifred Oyo-Ita, head of the civil service of the federation, has spoken on why disciplinary actions have not been taken against these behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina into the service.

 

Maina, former chairman of the presidential activity force on pension reforms, was recalled and deployed to the ministry of interior, under controversial situations.

 

Amid the outcry of the news of his reinstatement, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered his sack and asked Oyo-Ita to probe the embarrassing situation.

 

The federal civil service commission dismissed Maina in 2013, for absconding from duty, following a recommendation by the workplace of the head of service.

 

He was accused of getting involved in pension fraud operating into more than N100 billion. Right after an investigation by the senate joint committee on public service and establishment and state and neighborhood government administration, a warrant of arrest was issued against him.

 

Subsequently, the police declared him wanted and he went into hiding.

 

Speaking with reporters on Tuesday, Oyo-Ita said no one has been punished mainly because investigations had been nonetheless ongoing, both at the presidency and the national assembly.

 

She also traced the delay to the reality that the matter is just before a court of "competent jurisdiction".

 

"The Maina concern is a controversial one but I will also inform you that proper now there is currently an investigation physical exercise going on, each at the presidency level and at the national assembly level," she said.

 

"The senate committee and the home of reps committee have set up an investigation on that. And recently there is a court case nevertheless on the situation.