Former President Goodluck Jonathan has described the reinstatement
of Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, former boss of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT)
as a bold symptom that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government has
delivered more corruption than change to Nigerians.
Jonathan stated
this in a press statement issued on his behalf by his former Special Assistant
on New Media, Reno Omokri.
The
statement was a response to an interview by the APC National Publicity
Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi.
In the interview, Abdullahi was quoted to have said that Maina is a legacy of former President Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party.
In the interview, Abdullahi was quoted to have said that Maina is a legacy of former President Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party.
The APC
spokesman was also quoted as having said: “David Mark (former Senate President)
declared at a plenary that the then President Goodluck Jonathan should choose
between Maina and the National Assembly.”
“However,
Jonathan branded Abdullahi’s claims as historical a major feature of the
dishonest character of the APC has become known for.
“Rather than
living up to its propagandized anti corruption pretensions, the Muhammadu
Buhari led APC administration through the current Attorney General of the
Federation, Abubakar Malami, wrote a memo to the Federal Civil Service Commission
advising them to reinstate the fugitive Maina. This is an indisputable fact.
“After this atrocious act by Malami, the Buhari administration
recalled Abdulrasheed Maina, reinstated him and gave him double promotion.
“When Premium
Times blew the lid off the scandal, the Maina family gave a press conference
where they stated that their son was invited by the Buhari administration to
help it deliver on its change agenda.
“It was also
discovered that Abdulrasheed Maina had printed posters to contest to be the
next Borno state Governor under the banner of the APC.
“More than two
weeks after the Maina family press conference, the Buhari administration is yet
to deny their assertions.
“Nigerians may recall that the Maina family threatened that they
would ‘expose the cabal in the Presidency’ if they don’t back off Maina.
“It would also
be recalled that Junaid Mohammed revealed that Abdulrasheed Maina was moving
about with armed security escorts.
“Also, after
President Buhari denied that he was aware of the Maina affair, his own Head of
Service wrote a memo reminding him that she had warned him in person about
reinstating Maina BEFORE the act, proving that the President lied.
“Rather than
reward this dutiful public servant, the Buhari administration tried to bully
her in an attempt by the President’s Chief of Staff which was caught on camera.
“So again, I
ask Bolaji Abdullahi how Maina can be a legacy of Jonathan and the PDP in view
of the above indisputable facts?
“If at all
anybody is a legacy of the PDP, that person is no other than Bolaji Abdullahi
himself who was brought to national limelight by the PDP administration of
former President Goodluck Jonathan who gave him a ministerial position.
“He is now
spokesman of the APC today, a typical trait of an unprincipled AGIP (Any
Government In Power) politician.
“We are aware
that the APC administration is embarrassed by its one day one scandal
government.
“Whether it is
Maina, the NNPC $25 billion scam, Babachir grass cutter scam, Amina Mohammed’s
$300 million timber scandal, the ₦700 million ministry of mines and steel
website, Buratai’s Dubai house, the Ikoyi billions, the budget padding scandal,
the missing budget scandal, no paracetamol in State House Clinic scandal, the
fact remains that the Buhari administration has delivered more CORRUPTION than
CHANGE to the Nigerian people.
“We therefore
ask Bolaji Abdullahi and the APC to keep their beloved Maina and leave former
President Jonathan and the PDP out of their love affair with him.”
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