Adeosun: Maina Stopped Receiving Salary Since March 2013

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The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has revealed that the federal government stopped the payment of salary to the former Chairman of the Pension Task Force Team, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, in March 2013.

Maina, who is currently in the eye of the storm was sacked and declared wanted by the previous administration for alleged corruption but reinstated and promoted by the president government.

Appearing before the House of Representatives’ Ad-Hoc Committee Investigating the Disappearance, Re-appearance, Re-instatement and Promotion of Maina in Abuja on Thursday, the minister said Maina was last paid by the federal government in February 2013.

In a statement, the Special Adviser, Media & Communications to the minister, Mr. Oluyinka Akintunde quoted Adeosun to have said, “We used two platforms in the payment of salaries - the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) and the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS).

“We have checked our records and we have no record or evidence from the two platforms that salary was paid to Maina since March 2013. We have no biometric data of Maina and he is not a staff of the Federal Ministry of Finance or its agencies.”

The Accountant General of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, who also appeared before the committee, reinforced Adeosun’s that Maina was removed from the federal government’s payroll in March 2013.
“From our records, Maina last received salary from the federal Government in February 2013. From March 2013, Maina was removed from the government’s payroll. If indeed he was paid as he claimed, he should produce evidence of payment by the Government such as pay slips,” Idris stated.

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