By Austin Angwe, Makurdi
The Public Complaints Commission (PCC) in Benue State has disclosed that it has received and disposed of about 400 cases since its assumption of duty on October 2, 2024.
Commissioner PSC Benue State office, Chief James Oche, made the disclosure Thursday in Makurdi, while interacting with journalists on the occasion of the Commission’s 50th anniversary.
Oche recalled that the commission which got its origin from the global ombudsman institution with its root in Sweden in 1809, spread its tentacles reaching Nigeria and was established by 1975 through Degree 31 and later became an Act of the National Assembly, incorporated in the 1999 Constitution further codified in CAP.P37, Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2004.
He attributed successes of the Public Complaints Commission in Nigeria which has endured confrontation and adversity in its war against corrupt practices, maladministration and all forms of social injustices both public and private institutions to the special grace of God.
Oche commended President Bola Tinubu for his support, and thanked members of the Senate for their various contributions as well as the government and people of Benue State for their unwavering support and cooperation which has assisted the commission in the discharge its duties
According to him, Benue State office which became an autonomous branch on 1st October 1979, with its commissioner, despite the enormous geographical size and populous nature and complex environment, has done it best in discharging its mandate, assuring that the commission will continue to discharge its duties to fight administrative injustice as well as resolving complex matters in the state.
Oche equally expressed appreciation to the Chief Commissioner, Bashir Abubakar, under whose leadership the Commission has gotten positive direction, commending staff of the Commission, its friends and well-wishers for their support, praying God to sustain the commission to improve in the administration of its mandate.