The Public Complaints Commission (PCC) says it has received 1,500 complaints from 2021 to date in Plateau.

PCC’s federal commissioner of PCC in charge of Plateau, Abbas Garba, disclosed this at a town hall on Tuesday in Jos.

Mr Garba said the PCC was established as machinery for controlling administrative excesses, particularly non-adherence to procedure and abuse of the rule of law.

”It is an organ of government set up to redress complaints lodged by aggrieved citizens or residents of Nigeria against administrative injustices. It was established to strengthen and advocate for good administration that would lead to good governance, justice, fair play, tranquillity and peace for national growth and development.

”The commission has received a total of 1,500 cases in Plateau between 2021 to date. Eight hundred eighty-one of the complaints were resolved while 619 are still pending,” he said.

PCC director of investigation Florence Oguchi said the commission had recorded 500 cases of victimisation in tertiary institutions across the country.

Ms Oguchi stated that the high rate of various forms of victimisation in higher institutions informed the decision to organise the town hall.

According to her, the commission has established modalities to establish units in high institutions where victims can easily report cases.

The commissioner for higher education in Plateau, Kachollom Gang, decried the culture of silence among victims.

”Because victims don’t speak out, we hardly get to know if these things happen. Unfortunately, the cases are on the rise. So, we call on victims to speak out; that will enable the government or appropriate authority to take necessary action,” Mr Gang said.

Heads of tertiary institutions, students, media practitioners and government agencies, among others, attended the town hall.

(NAN)