This is Murtala/Obasanjo introduction to civil service ” sack without pay, sack on health ground , sack with ignominy and which ruined the fabric of civil service till today. Since we are no longer in the Military era and Permanent Secretary is by promotion and not a political appointment , if you are so desperate to relieve him of that post, you should have sent him on post -retirement leave . I have always regarded this type of action most uncivilized . Gov El-Rufai would probably noticed that nobody hailed his action.