Former
President Olusegun Obasanjo criticised the secret reinstatement of fugitive
former civil servant, Abdulrasheed Maina, into the civil service.
He said Mr. Maina’s secret reinstatement was
not consistent with President Muhammadu Buhari’s avowed war on corruption.
Thisday reports that the former president spoke
at the 2017 Foundation Day Public Lecture titled: “Corruption and the
Challenges of the African Child” on Saturday in Ibadan.
He also warned Mr. Buhari that there must not
be any “sacred cows” in the fight against corruption.
“Corruption must be punished, and must be seen
to be punished.
“Any accomplice in corruption and cover-up and
any failure to punish must also earn punishment.
“We cannot afford to have sacred cows in the
fight against corruption. The Maina saga should never have been allowed to
occur. It is not in tandem with the fight against corruption,” Mr. Obasanjo
said.
Also reacting, the National Association of
Nigerian Students, NANS asked the federal government to ‘swiftly with
unrestrained alacrity’ suspend all heads of commission and ministries complicit
in the secret reinstatement.
The union warned that it will go on nationwide
protest if its demands are not met within seven days.
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