Tag: Nigeria Ombudsman

PCC MAKES CASE FOR INMATES IN CORRECTIONAL CENTRES

The Honourable Chief Commissioner, Public Complaints Commission, Hon. Abimbola Ayo-Yusuf has stressed the need for the Government to create and maintain a conducive environment for inmates in Nigeria correctional centres. The Nigeria Chief Ombudsman gave this charge today in his opening remark at a town hall meeting on systemic and proactive investigation into welfare of […]

EBONYI STATE PCC RECOVERS OVER #800,000, BRAND NEW FRIDGE FOR COMPLAINANTS

The Ebonyi State office of the Public Complaints Commission has recovered the sum of Eight Hundred and Sixty Nine Thousand Naira (#869,000) for a Complainant, Mrs Nwunwa Mary. The said amount was recovered from the Respondent who had a business deal with her but failed to pay and through the Commission. Similarly, the Commission also […]

UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS LAW DEPARTMENT ENGAGE PCC ON THE OPERATION OF THE COMMISSION

The Honourable Commissioner, Public Complaints Commission, Lagos State, Hon. Hafeez Adekunle Odunewu was guest at the University of Lagos for an interactive session with students of the Faculty of Law. The session, organised for the Year 2 Law students centred on the operations of the Commission in offering administrative remedies to complaints lodged by citizens. […]

De Youth Ambassador Foundation in conjunction with the Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development Awarded PCC Lagos Commissioner for Community Development

For a selfless contribution to the development of his community, the Honourable Commissioner, Public Complaints Commission (PCC), Lagos, Hon. Hafeez Adekunle Odunewu was presented with an award of service, today, May 2, 2023. The award was presented by De Youth Ambassador Foundation in conjunction with the Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development. Making […]

WORKMAN GETS WAGES FOLLOWING PCC INTERVENTION

The Public Complaints Commission has compelled the Waje Investment Company LTD in Abuja to pay Nine months salary areas to one of its employees, Mr. Ibrahim Shekara. The Complainant, Mr Ibrahim Shekara had earlier sought the Commission’s intervention to enable him get his salaries paid by the Company after making several efforts without any success. […]

NEW NAIRA NOTES PUBLIC COMPLAINTS COMMISSION OGUN STATE VISITS THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA ABEOKUTA BRANCH

The Ogun state PCC today Monday 6th February 2023 visited the CBN in Ogun state. The visit was by the mandate of the Commission as the watchdog of social justice. The team was led by the Honourable Federal Commissioner, Public Complaints Commission Ogun State, Prince Adegbuyi Adesanya. The Federal Commissioner with his top management team […]

FCT COMPLAINTS COMMISSIONER INTERVENES IN LAND DISPUTE BETWEEN GRAZING RESERVE HOST COMMUNITY AND FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ADMINISTRATION

The Federal Capital Territory’s Commissioner of the Public Complaints Commission has intervened in the dispute between the host community of the Paikon Kore Grazing Reserve in Gwagwalada Area Council and the Ministry of the Federal Capital Territory. Leaders of the community had petitioned the Commissioner over an alleged breach of agreement they reached with the […]

PRESIDENT BUHARI CONSIDERS PCC FOR WHISTLEBLOWING POLICY MANDATE

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday gave the hint that the Presidency was considering giving the mandate of implementing the whistleblowing policy to the Public Complaints Commission (PCC). Justifying why PCC is suitable for the assignment, he noted that it already has the mandate of referral of complaints with criminal contents to appropriate law enforcement Agencies […]

LAGOS STATE OFFICE OF THE PCC PARTNERS ICPC TO FIGHT ADMINISTRATIVE INJUSTICE

In continuation of his working visit to strengthen the fight against social and administrative injustices, the Honourable Commissioner, Public Complaints Commission, Lagos State Office, Hon.Hafeez Adekunle Odunewu has visited the Lagos State office of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission. The Honourable Commissioner, Hon. Hafeez Odunewu and his team were warmly received […]