BEVERLY HILLS, November 24, (THEWILL) – A legal practitioner, Mohammed Katu, representing the former Chairman, Presidential Pension Reform Task Team, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, has revealed that his client, Maina, was still receiving salaries from the Federal Government.
He also claimed that Maina treated official files up to last month (October) despite the report that he had been dismissed from service.
Katu made this known when he appeared before the House of Representatives as hoc Committee investigating the disappearance and reinstatement of Maina into the public service.
Katu claimed that his client was not dismissed from service and that he only sought judicial intervention in 2013 when he realised that there was a move to dismiss him from service.
He added that while the litigation was in progress, Maina “disappeared” from Nigeria because his life was in danger.
“He was still working as of June 13th, 2013 after the purported dismissal. He was writing to the Minister of Finance (former Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala); so, it is not true that he was dismissed.
“Maina is still receiving his salaries and emoluments. 23 files were sent to him in his capacity as acting director, even while he was absent.
“Maina has continued to work even after he was dismissed and he got piles of files to treat up to a month ago.”
