The Jigawa State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission recovered over N300 million from five former local government council chairmen and other bodies in the state.
This was disclosed by the Chairman of the commission, Barrister Salisu Abdul, while fielding questions from newsmen shortly after declaring a three-day Public/Civil Servants Sensitisation Workshop organised by the commission for civil servants in the state at Manpower Development Institute, Dutse.
Barrister Salisu Abdul explained that the commission received over 200 public complaints related to finances and land matters from different quarters within one year after the establishment of the commission.
According to him, “Today I will be proud to say that more than 200 complaints within this limited period of time came into our office. Most of these cases had been resolved. I can say 75 percent of the complaints had been resolved, that is an achievement.”
He noted that, “More so, from August last year to date, we have recovered N300 million in public funds. It is also another milestone for the commission.”
“We have done a lot of public enlightenment and awareness campaigns as part of strategies for preventing any corruption practices and also a fair approach to actors handling and appropriating public funds.”
The Chairman maintained that the commission has insisted and limited its operations and exercise within the law establishing the commission by inviting any suspicious persons or any being complained about on corruption issues.
“We used settlement and resolutions, which is one of the methods approved by the law establishing the commission, in resolving and treating all the cases (75 percent) we handle.”
“During the period under review, we invited five former local government councils chairmen, we invited serving ones and so many others against whom there were complaints regarding their local government councils.”
Salisu further disclosed that the purpose of the workshop is to enlighten and sensitise the public and civil servants on the activities of the public complaints and anti-corruption commission. “For them to be in this workshop is as good as giving them a fair share to know what they are supposed to do and to know their boundaries. We don’t want a situation where we can be breaching their rights in the process of doing our work.”
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