By Meletus EZE
Chief Commissioner of Public Complaints Commission (PCC), Mr. Chile Igbawua, has said the commission plans to establish its offices in all the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the country.
Igbawua disclosed this on Friday in Lafia during a courtesy call to Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa state as part of his tour of state offices of the commission.
He said as at present, the commission has offices in all the 36 states of the federation with headquarters in Abuja.
“Our ultimate goal is to establish offices in all the LGAs in the country in order to serve the public better,” he said.
He explained that the commission was empowered to inquire into complaints lodge by the public over any administrative injustice.
“We render services free of charge to members of the public on administrative matters emanating from Federal, State, LGAs, and companies whether public or private,” he added.
He appealed to the Nasarawa state government to continue to create the conducive environment for staff of the commission to do their work.
He assured that the commission under his watch would do everything possible to better the working condition and environment of staff so as to improve productivity.
He said if the welfare of staff of the commission is properly taken care of, they would be better motivated to fight for the rights of others.
Responding, Al-Makura represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Mohammed Abdullahi assured that the government would create conducive environment for the staff of the commission.
He appealed to residents of the state to take advantage of the services of the commission to seek redress from any form of administrative injustice.
He noted that getting redress from the commission was cheaper and less cumbersome than from the law courts.
