President Muhammadu Buhari has described the Public Complaints Commission (PCC) as the best suited agency to domicile the whistleblowing policy of the Federal Government.
The president stated this while responding to requests by the Chief Commissioner of the Commission, Chief Abimbola Ayo-Yusuf, and members of the management team during a courtesy visit on Friday in Abuja.
He thanked the commission for conferring him the award of the GRAND OMBUDSMAN OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.
Buhari pledged to continue to do his best in expanding the frontiers of anti-corruption, rule of law and good governance in Nigeria.
On the 2023 elections and the need to protect the will of Nigerians, Buhari enjoined the commission to use their privileged position and network of numerous offices in all the states of the federation and presence in many local government areas to protect the interest of the down- trodden.
He also urged the commission to sensitise the citizenry on their rights and obligations.
On the honorary award presented to the President, Ayo-Yusuf praised Buhari for releasing all outstanding pension liabilities from 2014 to retirees of the federal government, especially those of the treasury-funded Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs), under the contributory pension scheme.
He added that the president also approved the payment of a backlog of death benefits due to beneficiaries of deceased employees of MDAs.
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