Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has presented appointment letter to the new Chief Complaints Commissioner of the Federation, Bimbo Ayo-Yusuf.
Other Commissioners who got appointment letters are; Afeez Odunewu for Lagos State, Alhaji Folawiyo Bello for Oyo State and Mrs Emelda Okoli for Anambra State.
The letter stated that the appointments would take effect from June 1, 2021, in the first instance, and would last for a period of three years.
The letter reads partly: “the appointment of following individuals who are found worthy as Chief Commissioner and Commissioners of the Public Complaints Commission is hereby approved to represent their respective States and FCT as indicated against their names.”
It added that in furtherance to Section 2 (1) of the Public Complaints Commission Act, “The Chief Commissioner and other Commissioners shall be appointed by the National Assembly and shall be persons of proven integrity and shall possess such other qualifications as the National Assembly may determine.”
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The presentation was witnessed in Abuja by the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Babatunde Ogunwusi (Ojaja II) who expressed joy that the Public Complaints Commission, PCC, a federal government agency of over 45 years is having a Chief Executive of Yoruba extraction for the first time since creation.
Nation building
Oba Ogunwusi also commended the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila for his passion for nation building and knack for excellence.
Thirty-seven new Commissioners of the PCC were appointed by the National Assembly for all the 36 States and the FCT.
The names of the appointed Federal Commissioners for States are, “Madukwe E. E. Ukaegbu – Abia; Abubakar Bobboyi Jijiwa – Adamawa; Uwah Ubong Emmanuel – Akwa Ibom; Mrs Emelda Okoli -Anambra; Ahmad Dauda Jika -Bauchi; Chief Wangagha Dige Dise – Bayelsa; John-Jack Iyorlian Gumh – Benue; Yusuf Adamu -Borno; Mr Obi Steve Owan -Cross River; Igben Harvest -Delta; Chukwu Donald Ogbonna -Ebonyi; Peter Jonathan Ethasor Anegbeh -Edo; Olukayode Ademola Bamisile -Ekiti, and Omeye Nick Onyebuchi- Enugu.”
”Also, Tanimu Usman Deba -Gombe; Micheal Uzodinma Ifeanyi – Imo; Jinjiri A. Dutse -Jigawa; Abdullahi Garba Abbas -Kaduna; Ahmed Ado Dadinkowa -Kano; Abdullahi Ibrahim Mahuta -Katsina; Mohammed Musa Sabaka -Kebbi; Deinde Abolarin -Kogi; Olawuyi Abidemi Joseph -Kwara; Hon. Afeez Odunewu, – Lagos; Musa Ubandoma Azara, – Nasarawa; Bala Mohammed, – Niger, and Adegbuyi Abiodun Adesanya – Ogun.
“Adeyemi Oni -Ondo; Mr Soji Asolo – Osun; Alhaji Folawiyo Bello – Oyo; Hon. Abbas A. Garba – Plateau; Paul-Worika Alpheaus Omiebi – Rivers; Sen. Bello Jubril Gada (CON) – Sokoto; Nuhu Sabo -Taraba; Lawan Modu Nguru -Yobe; Farouk Umar Musa – Zamfara, and Mike Gomwalk – FCT,” the letter disclosed.
Public Complaints Commission, PCC is by law under the jurisdiction of the National Assembly.