THE Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, and an a civil society group Anti-Corruption, Good Governance and Human Rights Watch Network, AGHRWN, have petitioned the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi SAN, to investigate and prosecute the circumstances surrounding the recall of a civil servant standing trial over corruption allegation.
The TUC and anti-corruption group specifically want the AGF to investigate the culpability of Federal Civil Service Commission, FCSC, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, OAGF, and Office of the Head of Civil Services of the Federation, OHSF over the matter.
AGHRWN stated that the position of the federal government public service rules’ stipulations and the directive via a letter from the FCSC, ordering the reinstatement of a public servant, name withheld, who is standing trial on an alleged fraud, raise serious questions and concerns that beg for immediate explanations.
AGHRWN in a statement jointly signed by its National Coordinator and Secretary, Mallam Muhammed Adamu Usman and Babatunde Adekunle respectively, demanded that the FCSC, OAGF, and OHSF, should explain whether there is new public service rules that allows a public servant standing trial on charges brought against him or her by the federal government to be recalled and reinstated into the service.
The CSO, urged the AGF to investigate and prosecute those find culpable to serve a deterrent possible future occurrence.
This is as the TUC, has urged the AGF to urgently constitute a panel to probe the involvement of the FCSC, OAGF and OHSF in the “shady and scandalous recall” of the public servant.
TUC noted that the violation of the public service rules in the act which it claimed was allegedly spare-headed by the FCSC, was glaring.
