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Senate Signs Warrant for Pension Reform Taskforce Chief Arrest

By on December 13, 2012

Taskforce Head, Maina is severally accused from different quarters

The Senate yesterday issued an order for the arrest of the Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina.

The order was issued following Maina’s refusal to come before the joint Senate committee probing the management of pension funds in the last five years.

Answering to the development the Chairman of the joint committee, Senator Aloysius Etok, said the senate President, David Mark has signed and issued warrant to the Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Mohammed Abubakar to arrest Maina and bring him before the senate.

Accusing Maina, the Senators said he has not been able to account for N195 billion-pension fund.

Speaking at the resumed public hearing on the management of pension funds, Vice-Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Service, Establishment, Local and State Governments, Senator Kabiru Gaya said of the N139, 056, 523, 955. 20 released in the office of the Head of Service, N100, 641, 106,957. 33 were paid to pensioners and a balance of N39, 783, 682, 993. 00 unaccounted for.

In Customs, Immigration and Prisons pension offices he said N27, 797, 822, 127. 00 was unaccounted for, N23, 532, 339, 034. 00. 00 was unaccounted for in Military Pension Board and N26, 121, 394, 662. 63 also unaccounted for in the Department of State Service Pension Office.

Prior to the issuing of the warrant, Gaya said, “We have the rule and we have the power to request the Inspector-General of Police to arrest and bring Maina here.

“This committee has been patient to give him a fair hearing. Members of the committee have resolved to ask the IGP to arrest and bring him here tomorrow (today) by 11 am. Maina has to respect the law.”

Before the end of the meeting, Etok said, “We want to give Maina a fair hearing, but he has refused to take the opportunity.

“Even the body Maina is working for deserves to know what he is doing. This is about the fifth sitting of this committee, he has refused to come.

“We want to exercise the power conferred on us by Section 89 of the Constitution to issue a warrant of arrest on Maina.

“We have given the warrant to the Senate President to sign so that the IGP will arrest and bring him here tomorrow (today).”