HOS directs permanent secretary to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Maina

The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Isa Bello Sali, has directed the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Abdulrasheed Maina, a Deputy Director in the Customs, Immigration, and Prisons Pensions Office, an agency under the Ministry.
In his directive to the Permanent Secretary, Sali said that following the submission of a report from the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, to President Goodluck Jonathan of the inability of the Nigeria Police to locate Maina, it has become apparent that he has absconded from duty without leave.
He said going away without official leave carries severe penalty in line with Public Service Rules No. 030301 to 030304.
Jonathan had on Friday directed Sali to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Maina for being absent from his place of work.
This was based on a report by Abubakar that the police had been on the trail of Maina and that he had not been seen in his office for some weeks now.