The Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Muhammad Nami, has been accused of unlawful retirement of nine directors of the agency to pave the way for his allies.
Our correspondent was told that Nami relied on an old civil service rule, which had been suspended to remove the directors.gathered that the government of late President Umaru Yar’Adua had instituted a civil service rule which made it compulsory for directors to retire after serving for eight years.According to new regulations, civil servants are to leave service after attaining the retirement age of 60 or spending 35 years in service.
The affected directors were Victor Ekundayo ; Mrs Kemi Odusanya ; Emmanuel Obeta ; Chiaka Okoye ; Mr Kola Okunola ; Dr Asheik Maidugu ; Mr Innocent Ohagwa ; Mr Ezra Zubair and Mr Olufemi Faniyi . However, Paragraph 1.8.1 of the HRPP said whatever was written in the book was subject to the amendment of extant circulars.
Our correspondent learnt that there was disquiet among some of the senior staff members who were sidelined for the contract staff.was told that the HRPP forbade appointment of contract workers where the available slots could be filled by experienced workers in the system. The Director of Communications and Liaison Department, Abdullahi Ismaila, in a statement, said the government parastatal acted within its powers.
He noted that the board was also kind enough not to recover the salaries and allowances earned by directors who had spent above the legal eight years.
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