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Maina Scandal: Presidency speaks on Buhari’s involvement

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The presidency opens up on Buhari’s involvement in Maina’s reinstatement.

Mr. Femi Adeshina, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity says he is not aware if the president was involved in the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina, the former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team.

It would be recalled that President Buhari ordered the sack of Maina over uproar that he was reinstated into Federal Civil Service after absconding the country for some years over N2bn fraud.

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Naija News also recalls that the Head of Civil Service of the federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, had in a leaked memo, claimed that Buhari was aware of the ex-Pension boss’s recall.

Adeshina, therefore, said all those who were mentioned in connection with Maina’s case should be asked of Buhari’s involvement, adding that until Oyo-Ita declares that she wrote the memo, he can then react to it.

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“The head of service to the best of my knowledge has not come out to own that memo allegedly published and credited to her. Until she owns it and say this memo is from me, then I can comment on it,” he said.

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When asked if Buhari ordered the reinstatement as the leaked memo indicates, Adesina said “It is those who did the reinstatement who can answer that question, not me. Those involved and those mentioned- federal civil service, head of service, and attorney general of the federation. I think you should rather pose that question to them.”

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When asked if Maina’s reinstatement tainted the administration, Adesina said: “Yes. But if it was a bad look, was it an error of judgement or a deliberate thing. That is something we should consider. If it was not deliberate, errors can be corrected.”