Maina: Buhari unwilling to fight corruption within his cabinet — Activists

A coalition of five civil society groups have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to direct that all officials involved in the reinstatement of former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Alhaji Abdulrashid Maina, should be sack to save the government from further embarrassments. This was contained in a statement signed by Charles […]

A coalition of five civil society groups have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to direct that all officials involved in the reinstatement of former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Alhaji Abdulrashid Maina, should be sack to save the government from further embarrassments.

This was contained in a statement signed by Charles Oputa for #OurMumuDonDo, Deji Adeyanju for Concerned Nigerians, Ariyo Dare Atoye for Coalition in Defence Of Nigerian Democracy, Bako Abdul Usman for Campaign For Democracy, and Moses Paul for MAD Connect.

"The only way President Buhari can redeem his image is to order a speedy investigation into the matter and to sack all officials in his administration involved in Alhaji Maina’s reinstatement, including the Attorney General of the Federation on whose legal advice the reinstatement was done in the first place.

"Anything less will reveal the Buhari administration for what it truly is – a hypocritical administration that is prepared to look away when corruption is perpetrated by cronies and close family members which will only act when public outcry is intense," the statement read in part.

They said the it is obvious that the decision to disengage Alhaji Maina is as a result of public outcry that trailed news of his reinstatement, adding that the reinstatement itself brought to the fore that "President Buhari is unable, or unwilling, to fight corruption in his administration."