The
Federal Government has insisted that it will not rescind its decision
on the recall of the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, Ms Arunma Oteh.
The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, it
was learnt, gave the government’s position during a meeting with the
workers’ union of the commission on Friday.
During the meeting, the workers were told by the minister that Oteh’s recall followed due process.
The minister, it was learnt, pointed out that the
government’s decision was based on the findings and recommendations of
independent auditors.
Okonjo-Iweala, who is the supervising minister in
charge of the commission, however, appealed to the workers to reconsider
their position and accept Oteh back.
The Secretary General of the SEC workers union,
operating under the umbrella body of the Amalgamated Union of Public
Corporation, Civil Service and Recreation Employees, Mr. John Briggs,
confirmed the meeting in an interview with our correspondent on Sunday.
He said that the minister insisted that the Federal
Government would not change its position on Oteh, and urged the workers
to accept her.
It was learnt that after much plea, the union listed some conditions that would make the members accept the embattled DG.
One of the conditions, it was learnt, was that no member of staff that participated in the protest would be victimised by Oteh.
Oteh, who was sent on a compulsory leave by the SEC
board last month for allegedly mismanaging the commission’s Project 50
Fund, was recalled by the Federal Government last Wednesday.
Her recall had sparked outrage from members of staff
of the commission, thus leading to a halt in business activities at the
commission.
The SEC workers had, during the protest, vowed to resist any attempt by the government to impose Oteh on them.
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