Embattled Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reform Team, has written to appear before a House of Representatives investigative panel next week.
The House is probing the circumstances of his controversial promotion and reinstatement into the federal civil service.
Daily Trust reports that sources within and outside the panel yesterday said Maina, who was reported to have fled the country after the scandal of his secret reinstatement and subsequent promotion to a position of director, is somewhere in the country.
Maina is expected to appear before the panel next week barring change of schedule, the sources said.
However, the sources said, powerful forces were making frantic efforts to prevent him from appearing before the panel as he is likely to open “can of worms” against them.
“Yes, he has expressed his readiness to appear before the panel to testify. But the problem is that some forces don’t want him to appear, because they feel threatened; they feel he’s likely to open can of worms.
