The Federal Character Commission (FCC) has commenced investigations
of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) over secret recruitment of five
directors, reports ITRealms.
Reacting to reports of the secret recruitment, the acting
executive chairman of FCC, Shettima Bukar-Abba, confirmed, saying his office is
investigating the alleged secret recruitment of senior staff in director levels.
“I am investigating FIRS. I have never seen anything from FIRS
since I came in two months ago. But I also learnt they are recruiting,” he was
quoted as revealing to newsmen.
He also pointed out that FIRS has been summoned by the National
Assembly because of the same 'complaints from the people.'
Bukar-Abba further said that FCC as part of the investigation is
putting up a committee to specifically handle this allegation.
“I am just trying to put in place a committee so that they will
carry out the investigation,” Bukar-Abba reassured.
ITRealms notes that part of policy shift, FCC recently said it
will now searchlight recruitments in federal institutions and its affiliates.
ITRealms recalls that since inception in 1996, the Federal Character Commission (FCC)
saddled itself with observing recruitment exercise to allow MDAs willingly
apply the approved guidelines and formulae in the staff distribution amongst
the States of the Federation.
This observer
status, ITRealms, has to a large extent prevented
officials of the Commission to interfere in the proceeding of the exercise
even when the wrong things were observed to be done ab initio.
“It is in
the realisation of this fact, that the Plenary of the Commission at its 231st
session held on Wednesday 13th August, 2014 overwhelmingly endorsed a reversal
of the policy to the effect that hencefoth, officials of the Commission at any
recruitment exercise will monitor the exercise and ensure that the
processes leading to, the recruitment exercise itself, the eventual selection
of successful candidates substantially comply with the approved guidelines and
formulae for Recruitment duty shall be addressed as Monitors and they
shall have all the the rights and priviledges to monitor recruitment exercises
within the context of the approved guidelines," FCC said.
Similarly, ITRealms reports, the plenary also accepted the presidential directive conveyed
by the SGF on the 22nd of July, 2014 that (a) No Public service recruitment
should be contracted out to consulting firm; and (b) No applicant should be
requested/made to pay any fee for any employment.
This is in
addition to enforcing the Federal Character principles
aimed at ensuring fair and equitable distribution of posts and socio-economic
amenities, infrastructural facilities amongst the federating units nationwide.
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