The Governance Monitor Initiative (GMI) has disagreed with the authorities of the federal ministry of works over alleged sabotage of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration.

While GMI canvassed the immediate redeployment of the permanent secretary in the ministry of works, Mahmuda Mamman over the alleged sabotage, the Ministry of works insist there is no basis for the allegation.

The programme manager of GMI, Frank Chigozie, particularly accused Mamman of deliberately frustrating efforts to move the country’s infrastructure development forward adding his continued stay in the ministry is counterproductive to the implementation of President Tinubu Renewed Hope Agenda.

The rights group accused Mamman of frustrating contractors handling work on flood control in living up to their contractual obligations.

The CSO alleged that rather than give files expeditious treatment so as to further hasten the process of service delivery, the perm secretary delays treatment of files without reasons and has succeeded through his nonchalant attitude, to stalling many critical activities in the ministry including payment of contractors.

The CSO further alleged that the permanent secretary worked in conjunction with the Aso Rock cabal who under immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari, in the bid to effortlessly to frustrate election of Tinubu in the February 25 presidential poll.

Chigozie added that Mamman has also been causing confusion in the ministry of Works by stripping some directors of their official schedules.

It noted: “So, we view everything he is doing now, including stalling progress of government processes by being selective on the files he treats, as a deliberate act of sabotage with a view to ensuring that the present administration fails”

“And whenever issues are raised about his high-handedness, he (perm sec) brags about his good relationship with the Head of Service if the Federation, Mrs Folashade Yemi-Esan,” he alleged.

Accusing him of playing barefaced politics, the CSO said, “He is from Yobe and go and find out which party won his state then you will appreciate clearly what we are telling Nigerians. The man is on a mission to sabotage BAT”.

Reacting, the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing described the allegation leveled against Mamman as not only vague but a figment of the imagination of his traducers.

The director of press in the ministry, Blessing Lere-Adams, noted that there are two things that she observed in the accusation. That firstly, there is no signature of anybody who is writing the petition and secondly, no date on it. So she is going to drop it.

“I’m sorry, the petition must be authenticated by these: an identifiable address date/reference well endorsed with a name/mobile number inclusive. Only then it can be attended to,” she said.