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The controversial recall of fugitive Abdulrasheed Maina to the Nigerian civil service was masterminded by Lawyer General Abubakar Malami and the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, sources and official correspondence noticed by PREMIUM Times have revealed. Whilst Mr. Malami was the mastermind of the recall, Mr. Dambazau, contrary to his claims, played a important function in it, investigations reveal. The recall of Mr. Maina, who is nevertheless wanted for alleged N2 billion fraud by the anti-graft agency, EFCC, has because been condemned by Nigerians and civil society groups, forcing a prompt reaction by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to a statement on Monday by his spokesperson, Femi Adesina, Mr. Buhari ordered the "immediate disengagement" of Mr. Maina from the civil service.


The president also "demanded a complete report of the circumstances of Maina’s recall and posting to the Ministry of Interior," Mr. Adesina said, adding that the report should be submitted tonight (Monday). When the presidency reviews the report of Mr. Maina’s reinstatement, PREMIUM Instances can confirm that two of his ministers played vital roles in the recall. On April 27, Mr. Malami wrote the Federal Civil Service Commission, FCSC, requesting it to "give consequential effect to the judgement that voided the warrant of arrest issued against A.A. Maina which formed the basis for the query and his eventual dismissal," Mustapha Sulaiman, the chairman of the FCSC said.


In other words, according to Mr. Sulaiman, the attorney common in his letter with reference HAGF/FCSC/2017/VOL.1/three requested Mr. Maina’s reinstatement based on a supposed court order voiding his arrest warrant. Having said that, PREMIUM Instances findings reveal that Mr. Malami’s claim that the arrest warrant was the basis for which Mr. Maina was dismissed is false. Mr. Malami’s spokesperson, Salihu Isah, declined to comment on why his boss created a false claim and why he did not appeal such a ruling contemplating that Mr. Maina had nonetheless refused to surrender himself to the EFCC. I cannot speak to PREMIUM Instances on this challenge," he mentioned. I’m not conscious of something, he (AGF Malami) has not told me anything in that regard. Sources at the anti-graft agency also confirmed that Mr. Malami under no circumstances raised the challenge of Mr. Maina with the commission prior to his advice to the FCSC.


As a result, contrary to Mr. Dambazau’s claim that it was the Head of Service and the FCSC that advised Mr. Maina’s reinstatement, it was basically his ministry beneath his supervision that created the recommendation following Mr. Malami’s letter. Sources knowledgeable about the matter confirmed to PREMIUM Instances that Mr. Dambazau is a close associate of Mr. Maina and played a vital function in the negotiation for his reinstatement. Sources also mentioned the Head of Service, Winifred Oyo-Ita, resisted the move to reinstate Mr. Maina but sooner or later caved in to pressure. That is why you will under no circumstances see a memo where she wrote recommending or supporting the recall because she never did," a source mentioned.


Mrs. Oyo-Ita also created that stance publicly when she mentioned in a statement on Monday that "the re-instatement and posting" of Mr. Maina "never emanated" from her office. Having said that, whilst the reinstatement did not emanate from her workplace, it is Mrs. Oyo-Ita’s office which forwarded the choice of the Interior Ministry to the FCSC in a letter dated August 14 with reference number HCSF/LU/COR/FCSC/749/III/135. Two days soon after the Head of Service forwarded the letter, the FCSC met to arrive at a conclusion, Mr. Sulaiman wrote. The FCSC at its meeting held on Wednesday 16th August, 2017 viewed as the letter" from the AGF and the recommendation of the Interior Ministry. Quite a few calls and messages sent to Joel Oruche, Deputy Director, Press, of the Federal Civil Service Commission went unanswered.


The Press Secretary of the Interior Ministry, Ehisienmen Osaigbovo, could not also be reached on why his principal provided false information and facts to Nigerians. The presidential spokesperson, Mr. Adesina, confirmed on Monday night that Mr. Buhari had received the report by Mrs. Oyo-Ita. Speaking on Channels Television, Mr. Adesina mentioned the report was submitted to the president’s chief of staff, Abba Kyari, on Monday evening as directed. Having said that, numerous Nigerians are asking yourself if Mr. Buhari would take any decisive step on his minsters who ordered such recall of a fugitive. Human Rights lawyer, Jiti Ogunye, argued that Mr. Buhari has no legal powers to order the sack of Mr. Maina, but has such powers to dismiss his aides who engineered the recall. But the President has the power to sack his AGF, the Minister of the Interior and any political appointee such as his Chief of Employees who are reported to have masterminded and orchestrated the Maina fiasco," Mr. Ogunye mentioned. So, the President has left these he could sack and has gone for the head of the one particular he could not lawfully sack. Although Nigerians await the president’s action, Mr. Maina continues to be a fugitive and has refused to submit himself to the EFCC which accuses him of involvement in a N2 billion pension fraud.


We have doubled our milling capacity, and currently operating on a dairy/beverage plants. Our profitability has been enhanced. Quite a few thousands of jobs have been produced for Nigerians," Mr. George mentioned. Also, the basic manager, Labana Rice Mills in Kebbi State, Abdullahi Zuru, said the CBN FOREX restriction policy has produced substantial impact on the company’s operations in particular and country’s economy in common. Prior to the policy, Mr. Zuru mentioned only Nigerians who could afford to travel to India, Thailand and China, were importing and flooding the country markets with rice. The profit created benefited only individual importers. But, due to the fact the CBN policy, he mentioned the quantity of Nigerians returning to farming, to make rice and other agricultural solutions, has been awesome. Imported items, especially rice, are now made in Nigeria in substantial volumes and sold to indigenous rice millers.


These days, with CBN’s help, Labana Rice Mills Limited is operating two rice mills, with processing capacity from the mills increasing by about 250 per cent considering the fact that last year, to about 320 tons per day. Rather of empowering the rice producers in Thailand, India and China, and producing jobs for their economies, the reverse is the case these days. Huge employment possibilities, in terms of the farmers, transporters transporting the merchandise to town, from town to industry from industry to the many processing factories. We have been not creating to capacity before now. We had to lessen the employees, leaving only about 10 to 20 per cent. But, the industry has enhanced drastically.


We are not producing and storing any longer. We are now promoting. Given that the FOREX restriction policy, we have elevated the quantity of employees by about 50 per cent. Extra individuals employed, a lot more production and procession, distribution and sales outlets - suppliers, transporters, loaders, distributors, sub-distributors and retailers," Mr. Zuru mentioned. The issue should not be effect of the policy. Rather, how CBN would sustain the policy in the extended run. Reversal now will be suicidal. A lot of Nigerians have taken advantage of the increasing appetite for local items as a outcome of the policy to invest massively in the reactivation of their moribund providers. Nigerians are now seeking inwards to create regional substitutes to some of the 41 things on the CBN list.


We must appear for more solutions to add to the list. It will assist industries survive and the Nigerian economy continue to grow. We can in no way survive as a nation by importing what we consume. Survival comes when we eat what we develop. With the CBN policy, Nigerians will start to believe of how to produce additional new jobs for the individuals. CBN need to expand the scope of the policy to cover other items whose importation served as a drain to scarce FOREX in the previous," he said. On how the policy has impacted his firm, Mr. Abubakar said the growing industry for paddy rice has extra than tripled, not only his company’s production, but also the country’s.


What was impossible for quite a few years when importation of other brands of rice were being allowed in the country has grow to be feasible, with Nigeria currently on its way to self-sufficient in rice production. A bag of paddy rice, which used to cost N2,000 six years ago, nowadays sells for about N10,000, due to the fact the top quality is comparable to any imported brand. If CBN sustains the policy, in three to four years, importation of rice will develop into history in Nigeria," he said. Due to the fact the policy was introduced, Mr. Abubakar said the only challenge Umza is facing has been inability to meet its customers’ expanding demand.


Ahead of 2015, we used to have tons of rice in our warehouse waiting for buyers. Now, purchasers pay income in advance and wait patiently for the production of their order. We now employ more than 200 individuals, excluding casual labourers, farmers and drivers to provide on orders. With the policy, farmers are encouraged to take agriculture as significant business enterprise. Most Nigerians who were involved in farming have been at the level of subsistence. Now, individuals are resigning from other jobs to go into large time farming. Extension services to farmers have improved. Seeds high quality has enhanced. Off-taking stocks have enhanced. There are lots of transformation and improvement.


Utilization capacity of rice mills has taken a leap. Rice importation was a main drain for billions of the country’s scarce FOREX each and every year. We had been importing 3-4 million tons of rice just about every year from countries that did not even have as much potentials as Nigeria. With the CBN policy, these sources have been saved for the country. Some company operators argue that regardless of the policy, importers had been nonetheless shopping for dollars from the black marketplace to import the 41 items. To make the policy more productive, the CBN wants to go a step additional by outright banning the importation of tooth picks and the other 40 things on the list when and for all," Mr. Sekoni of Baton Nigeria advised. If the CBN policy is sustained, I think we will be capable to expand and develop.


The policy has to be consistent across the nation and legislative cycles across administrations to develop a real sustainable industrial base in the nation," he stated. Even though the National President, Poultry Association of Nigeria, Ayoola Oduntan, mentioned the policy could affect producers with no alternatives to their imported raw components in the CBN list, he having said that acknowledged its strategic significance. Mr. Oduntan, who is also the Group Managing Director, GMD of Amobing Nigeria Limited, and Amo Farm Sieberer Hatchery Limited, Awe Oyo, stated the policy has encouraged a lot of Nigerians to commence to consider like industrialists. Prior to the policy, full chickens had been getting smuggled into the nation unchecked.