October 22, (THEWILL) — The Public Complaints Commission (PCC) in Osun has received 768 complaints between January and September from residents in the state.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the commission’s Director of Investigation, Mewase Ayodele, who disclosed this on Wednesday in Osogbo, said 446 out of the 768 complaints received were successfully resolved.
Ayodele also stated that under the watch of the commission’s Federal Commissioner in the state, Aremo Alao, N4.2 million was recovered from various complaints at no cost. He said the commission was created and empowered to entertain complaints from the general public.
According to him, the complaints include administrative injustice, non-issuance of results by examination bodies, delay in payment of gratuity or land compensation, among others.
“For free, quick, and impartial arbitration of complaints against maladministration and social injustice, members of the public can visit any of the PCC offices nearest to them”, he said.
The PCC, also known as the Nigeria Ombudsman Institution, was established on October 16, 1975.
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