Complaints Commission Resolves 1.2m Cases

The Chief Commissioner of the Public Complaints Commission (PCC), Bashir Abubakar, has disclosed that the committee has resolved implicit 1.2 cardinal cases since its constitution 50 years ago, portion 522,778 complaints stay nether progressive consideration.

Abubakar made this known connected Thursday astatine a property league successful Abuja to people the aureate jubilee of Nigeria’s Ombudsman institution, describing the milestone arsenic a reflection of Nigerians’ assurance successful the commission’s quality to present justness and uphold administrative fairness.

Abubakar acknowledged that the committee nevertheless inactive faces captious challenges, peculiarly inadequate funding, which has affected logistics, unit improvement and enforcement capacity.

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

The main commissioner assured that the PCC nether his enactment is 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.

He 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.