Complaints Commission Resolved 1.2m Cases In 50 Years – Official

Chief commissioner of the Public Complaints Commission (PCC), Bashir Abubakar, says the organisation has resolved implicit 1.2 cardinal cases since its constitution 50 years ago.

He, however, said 522,778 complaints were nether progressive consideration.

At a property league successful Abuja to people the aureate jubilee of Nigeria’s Ombudsman institution, Abubakar described the milestone arsenic a reflection of Nigerians’ assurance successful the commission’s quality to present justness and uphold administrative fairness.

Despite its achievements, Abubakar acknowledged that the committee inactive faces captious challenges, peculiarly inadequate funding, which has affected logistics, unit development, and enforcement capacity.

“Limited budgetary allocation continues to constrain our operations. To fortify our impact, the committee requires greater enactment from the authorities and policymakers,” helium said.

The main commissioner said the PCC nether his enactment was being restructured for efficiency, with a absorption connected integer translation and the adoption of technology-based ailment absorption systems to guarantee quicker and much transparent resolutions.

“We are repositioning the committee to conscionable planetary standards by embracing exertion for lawsuit management. Justice delayed is justness denied, and we are determined to trim delays significantly,” helium added.

Abubakar said the PCC, created successful 1975 done Decree No. 31 pursuing the recommendations of the Chief Jerome Udoji-led Public Service Review Panel, had been instrumental successful bridging the spread betwixt citizens and authorities institutions. The decree, present captured nether Section 315(5b) of the 1999 Constitution and the PCC Act (CAP P37, LFN 2004), empowers the committee to analyse complaints against nationalist authorities, statutory corporations, and registered backstage entities.

“In the past 5 decades, the committee has received a full of 1,802,267 complaints, of which 1,279,489 person been resolved. Our interventions person provided justness to mean Nigerians, enhanced accountability successful governance and strengthened nationalist assurance successful institutions,” Abubakar said.

As portion of activities marking its 50th anniversary, the PCC volition big a nationalist lawsuit contiguous astatine the Abuja Continental Hotel, themed “Effective Ombudsman Institution: Catalyst for Good Governance.” The ceremonial is expected to beryllium attended by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker Tajudeen Abass and different distinguished guests.

The lawsuit is expected to diagnostic high-level sheet discussions connected “Ombudsman Mission Under Democratic Governance” and “Alternative Dispute Resolution: Panacea for Sustainable Peace and Development.”

Abubakar utilized the juncture to wage tribute to past leaders of the Commission, from the precocious Ambassador Maitama Sule, the pioneer main commissioner, to his predecessor, Hon. Abimbola Ayo-Yusuf, arsenic good arsenic unit and organization partners for their contributions to sustaining the PCC’s vision.