HAPPENING NOW AS NIGERIAN PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI ORDERS IMMEDIATE DISENGAGEMENT OF MAINA FROM SERVICE
HAPPENING NOW AS NIGERIAN PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI ORDERS
IMMEDIATE DISENGAGEMENT OF MAINA FROM SERVICE
The latest news update as the Nigeria President
Muhammadu Buhari on Monday directed the immediate dismissal of Abdulrasheed
Maina, a civil servant who went missing for years after being declared wanted
for corruption, but was recently reinstated to a higher post.
Meanwhile the president said the circumstances
of Mr. Maina’s return to the civil service must be investigated.
A statement by presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, said Mr. Buhari had ordered “immediate disengagement of Mr Abdulrasheed Maina from service.”
A statement by presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, said Mr. Buhari had ordered “immediate disengagement of Mr Abdulrasheed Maina from service.”
The president directed the Head of
Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, to submit to the office of the
Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, before the end of work today,
Monday, a report on the circumstances leading to Mr. Maina’s recall.
Read the statement issued by presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, Monday:
PRESIDENT BUHARI DIRECTS MAINA’S
DISENGAGEMENT FROM SERVICE
President Muhammadu Buhari has
directed the immediate disengagement from service of Mr Abdullahi Abdulrasheed
Maina, former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms.
In a memo to the Head of the Civil
Service of the Federation, the President equally demanded a full report of the
circumstances of Maina’s recall and posting to the Ministry of Interior.
