President Muhammadu Buhari says the best agency to implemet the whistleblowing policy of the Federal Government is Public Complaints Commission (PCC).
Buhari said this on Friday at a meeting with a PCC delegation led by Abimbola Ayo-Yusuf, chief commissioner of PCC, in Abuja.
This was revealed in a statement by presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu.
The whistleblowing policy was launched in 2016 as part of efforts to combat corruption and the federal ministry of finance is currently in charge of implementing the policy.
Speaking on Friday, Buhari said the commission is the best to implement the policy because of its network of offices across the country.
“I want to assure you that the commission would be considered as the agency where the policy will be domiciled given your widespread network of offices, and the fact that your mandate on referral of complaints with criminal contents to appropriate law enforcement agencies make your commission the best suited agency for domiciling whistleblowing policy of the federal government.
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“The Public Complaints Commission is an ombudsman institution set up in 1975. The reason for its establishment by its founding fathers was to bridge the gap between the government and the governed and between the big man and the little man.
“It was designed to act as a bastion of justice for the ‘little man’ who has no one or place to turn to for relief, just as it was conceived by the Swedes who originated it.
“The mandate of the commission is to principally attend to complaints by members of the public concerning the administrative action of any authority and companies or their officials.
“This fits into this administration’s policies of restoring transparency, accountability and zero tolerance for corruption and all forms of administrative injustice.
“I, therefore, promise to assist the commission to provide the needed tools and infrastructure to strengthen and empower it to perform effectively,” Buhari said.
