The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP,
has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to, without further delay, sack
everyone involved in the recall and reinstatement of former Chairman of the
Presidential Taskforce on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina.
The CNPP said this rising from its consultative
meeting with representatives of civil society groups drawn from the six
geo-political zones of the country in Abuja on Tuesday.
It issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal
Government to order all its officials named
in the scandalous reinstatement of
fugitive Maina to the federal civil service to immediately step aside for
proper probe of their involvement in the saga.
The Conference also called for a public enquiry into
the scandal to unravel the truth behind the controversial return and
reinstatement of the former pension taskforce boss.
A statement by the Secretary General of the CNPP,
Chief Willy Ezugwu, said, “there are too many stories, questions, twists and
names in the controversial recall game that it is impossible for any Nigerian
to understand the focus of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption
war.
“For us, the reinstatement of fugitive Abdulrasheed
Maina to the Nigerian civil service, the naming of the alleged masterminded of
the reinstatement as Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami,
and the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, the involvement of the Head
of Civil Service of the Federation and the Federal Civil Service Commission,
the Maina’s clandestine return to Nigeria despite being on an international
wanted list and the alleged revelations made by the AGF at the on-going secret
probe by the Senate ad-hoc committee, have left every sane Nigerian thinking.
“The AGF was said to had confessed to the Senators
that indeed Maina approached him for a meeting when he was in Abu Dhabi as part
of the entourage of President Muhammadu Buhari’s official visit to the United
Arab Emirates (UAE) in January last 2016 but before granting him audience, he
sought security clearance from the Director General of the Department of State
Services (DSS) Lawal Musa Daura who allegedly gave him the nod on the condition
that the Minister must attend the meeting along with a witness.
“The President, we learnt, was also accompanied on
that trip by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno; Ministers
of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Trade and
Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah;
Environment, Aisha Mohammed, who is now deputy
Secretary General at the UN; State Minister Petroleum, Ibe Kachukwu and that of
Power, Works, and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola.
“With all these names, there is now the urgent need
for clarity on the part of the executive in view of the confusion associated
with its much touted anti-corruption war.
“Every day of the President Buhari administration,
Nigerians and the international community get more and more confused about the
anti-corruption direction of the government.
“Therefore, for clarity and a proof that the war is
not a vendetta and a mere political slogan to win the simple, all the persons
involved the MainaGate must immediately step aside and an independent public
probe instituted by the federal government to clear the doubts currently
gathering in the air.
“This must be done within 14 days if Mr. President
is truly on anti-corruption war to sanitise the Nigerian political system for
generations unborn to enjoy a Nigeria of our dream or the CNPP and its allies
in the civil society will be forced to take a legitimate but drastic measures
to save Nigeria”, the CNPP demanded.
“President Buhari needs to decisively act as the of
head the executive arm of government as the Maina’s return and reinstatement
became an international matter the day the INTERPOL got involved in the manhunt
for the fugitive Maina.
“Today, Nigeria and her anti-corruption disposition
have turned into a caricature among the comity of nations. Therefore, there is
need to rise up and save the country.
“At the end of 14 days and the above mention
officials and those yet to be identified were not ordered to step aside by
President Muhammadu Buhari, we may be forced to rise to the demands of the
occasion, include picketing of the Ministry of Justice and the Office of the
Civil Service of the Federation, Ministry of Interior and other ministries and
agencies of government named in the Maina controversy.”
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