Oyo-Ita reveals why no one has been punished over Maina's recall

- Winifred Oyo-Ita said the issue of Maina's recall is still being investigated

- She said the issue is also before the court, the presidency and the National Assembly

- According to her, the issue of illegal recruitment into the service is being tackled

The head of the civil service of the federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, has said that no one has faced disciplinary action over the controversial recall of Abdulrasheed Maina because the issue was before a court.

Maina who was a former chairman of the presidential task force on pension reforms was reinstated into the civil service in a move that sparked controversy across the country.

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President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered his sack and asked the head of the civil service to investigate his recall.

The Cable reports that Oyo-Ita spoke on Tuesday, January 23, saying no one has been punished yet as investigations were still ongoing, both at the presidency and the National Assembly.

She said: “The Maina issue is a controversial one but I will also inform you that right now there is already an investigation exercise going on, both at the presidency level and at the national assembly level,” she said.

“The senate committee and the house of reps committee have set up an investigation on that. And recently there is a court case still on the issue.

“So, with all these investigative machineries in process, and a court case, which you know that once a matter is in court it becomes subjudice, there is really not much one can say or do in terms of disciplinary action or whatever.

“The matter is already being investigated at the highest level both at the executive and the legislative level and now the judiciary.”

Oyo-Ita said that work was going on to tackle the issue of illegal recruitment into the service.

She also said she has received approval for the restructuring of some offices for effective service.

Meanwhile, a senator on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Isa Misau accused President Buhari of appointing incompetent people into his cabinet.

The Bauchi senator also stated that the appointment of the director general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Abubakar, was based on favour, Premium Times reports.

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