OGUN IS WORKING
House Orders Shu’ara to Vacate Office
James Emejo that the president has no power under Section 171 (2) (c) of the Constitution or any other existing law to extend or elongate the tenure of permanent secretary whose tenure has expired by efluxion of time or age whichever comes first.
He said the retirement date for the former permanent secretary ought to be February 2016.
The committee further directed the Head of Service of the Federation (HoS), Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, to invoke the relevant rules to recover all the emoluments paid to Shu’ara for the period of the extension.
It also directed the HoS to ensure compliance to the subject matter and report back to the House in four weeks and urged the government to ensure that Civil Service Rules and Procedures are strictly followed.
The committee’s final resolution on the matter followed the failure of Oyo-Ita yesterday to produce the letter which purportedly granted the controversial extension to the former permanent secretary.
Instead, she turned in a letter in which she tried to respond to the request of members requiring her to show some documents.
That letter, which was more if a reinforcement of what she’d told the lawmakers from inception, didn’t however, address the committee’s concerns.
The letter, dated March 29 and addressed to the committee read in part: “It is instructive to note that, personal files of all Civil Servants employed into the Federal Civil Service through the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) are with the commission. I have requested for the personal file of Mrs. Jamila Shu’ara from the Federal Civil Service through the Federal Civil Service Commission and am expecting the response. A copy of my request to the commission is attached.”