The Director General of the Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, Richard Egbule told lawmakers on Thursday why his organisation is not abiding with the regulations of the Federal Character in its employment of staff.
He gave the reasons during the budget defence session of his organisation before the Hon. Hussaini Kangiwa -headed House Committee on Governmental Affairs.
The federal character principle, which has been enshrined in the 1999 Constitution (as amended), seeks to ensure that appointments to public service institutions fairly reflect the linguistic, ethnic, religious, and geographic diversity of the country.
According to him, the Commission has not employed staff in the past 10 years. For this reason, they could not abide with the principle that as they are yet to employ staff.
“I have taken note of that. Part of the reasons is that we inherited most of those staff. Since ten years, we’ve not recruited any staff. I think we will take care of that.’’
The chairman of the committee has said the employment of the organisation is lopsided. He said: “I’ve gone through your staff strength, like what the honourable member is talking about, we have a rule which you refused to follow, we have federal Character, which I expect you to follow. I’ve gone through your staff strength; I’ve gone through the list.
“If not because of the political appointment, my state would have ended with one person, Zamfara none, Katsina 2.
“I don’t want to talk of others where they have 5, 10, and 15. So, please take note of that.”
The lawmakers promised to intervene and ensure that adequate accommodation was provided given the sensitive nature of the commission’s mandate from the National Assembly.
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