KADUNA – The former chairman of Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, returned to the country having secured assurance from the government that his security would be guaranteed.
Mr Aliyu Maina, spokesperson for the family who disclosed this on Wednesday, said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC government actually begged Maina to be part of the Change Agenda.
While addressing newsmen in Kaduna on Wednesday, the family spokesperson said the former pension boss has facts that are against cabal.
His words, “Based on his sterling record at the scheme, the government of President Muhammadu Buhari appealed to Maina to key into the change agenda.
“Why are government officials denying Abdulrasheed Maina especially when the Department of State Services (DSS), provided security for him?
“Perhaps, it is his noble efforts that made him enviable to the present administration when they came into power to convince him to come back and assist in its ‘CHANGE’ agenda.
“Abdulrasheed was in fact invited by this administration and he was promised security to come and clean up the mess and generate more revenue for government by blocking leakages.
“He succumbed to the present administration and came back to Nigeria. He has been working with the DSS for quite some time and he was given necessary security.
“Abdulrasheed Maina had been a target in the past. So, experience is the best teacher. But when his security is guaranteed, he will surface from wherever he is and tell Nigerians the truth.”
“We have contacted our solicitors, Messrs Mamman Nasir & Co and instructed them to act appropriately. One must ask whether it is an offence for somebody to serve his fatherland.”
“It is on record that Abdulrasheed Maina’s reform put to a stop the fraudulent withdrawal of huge sums from both the Nigerian Pension Board, the Nigerian Police Pension Board, etc.”
Prompt News recalls that Abdulrasheed Maina, was secretly reinstated into the Federal Civil Service last week and posted to the Ministry of Interior as a director.
Apparently unable to bear the outrage that greeted the recall, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday directed the immediate sack of Maina, who has been declared wanted by the EFCC.
Also on Tuesday, the Anti-Graft Agency announced seizure of some of his properties in Kaduna.
