HOLD HOS RESPONSIBLE FOR MISSING N195BN – PRTT

The Pension Reform Task Team, (PRTT) said yesterday that the outgoing Head of Service (HOS), Alhaji Bello Sali should be held responsible for  the alleged missing N195billion pension fund.

PRTT in a statement signed by its media Consultant, Mr. Olajide Fashikun, said it arrived at the conclusion based on the grounds that the task team  depended solely on the head of service to deliver on its mandate.

“It is a fact that, for every need, payments and actions of the PRTT, a creation of the office of the Head of Service, including stationeries receives his approval. The nation is aware for too long that the PRTT had no appropriation from any quarters except through his office.”

The Task Team maintained that if such a large sum of money is missing, right under his nose, then, it is clear and obvious that he knows about it. “Is he not the one who signs approval of the pension payments the PRTT makes? He is also aware that no single kobo coin or Naira note passes through the PRTT without his approval” .

It explained that contrary to claims by the Senator Etuk led Probe Committee that it stole pension funds from various offices including the military, the Maina –Led PRTT had business only with  Head of Service Pension Office, Police Pension Office,  Department of State Services Pension Office and the Customs, Immigration and Prison Pension Office, but never existed during the period under review.

The statement noted that the PRTT came into existence in July 2010 and commenced pension paper preparation in January 2011, hence, cannot be held responsible for the monies missing prior to its inauguration.

The statement further alleged that when the Head of Service Pension Office hijacked the paper-work preparation of monthly pensions from the Pension Reform Task Team in November, 2012, it employed behind the door the services of an Information Technology Company that uses “remittal software application”.

Source: Leadership