The ongoing investigation by the Ad-hoc Committee of the House of Representatives on job racketeering among Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) has been adjourned to Thursday September 7, 2023.
This was due to the planned industrial action by the Organized Labour scheduled to take place on Tuesday, 5th and Wednesday, 6th September, 2023.
Speaking on Monday at resumption of the hearing, Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee, Hon. Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, explained that the hearing was postponed to enable all the MDAs invited to make their presentations.
Gagdi who noted that the Ad-hoc Committee will make a far-reaching recommendations in its report, pledged that the issue bothering on indiscriminate waiver being granted to MDAs would be abolished forthwith.
Some of the officials invited by the Ad-hoc Committee so far, include: Chairman, Secretary and Commissioners as well as officials of Federal Character Commission (FCC); Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) and Head of Service of the Federation (HoS).
Others are: Officials of Federal Parastatals, Tertiary Institutions; Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), and Registrars of Federal Polytechnics, among others.
