The House of Representatives yesterday expressed displeasure at the non-appearance of the Comptroller – General of Customs, CG, Hameed Ali before it and respond to issues bordering on the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS).
Chairman, House Committee on Public Petitions, Uzoma Nkem – Abonta while ruling on a case in which the Ohaneze Youth Vanguard petitioned the House against the NCS, said that he hoped the CG is not trying to go head on with the legislature.
He Said “I hope the CG is not trying to go head on with the parliament, these are Nigerians who have complained. We have invited him severally and he keeps giving excuses. We may have to take a resolution as House not to give the Customs attention. This is not a military era. He has now been summoned to appear before the House on March 9, if he doesn’t show up a warrant will be issue Then president of the Ohaneze Youth Vanguard, Igweka Okonkwo said they petitioned the House against the NCS
due to promotion and posting that was carried out in 2015 that unfairly sidelined the South East.
He maintained that the South East in the cadre of senior officers had the lowest number adding that “it is a systematic way of cleansing an ethnic group”.
Giving an instance with the rank of DCG, he said the North East had 21, North Central 15, South East three, North West 26, South South, eight and South West 10.
Driver’s License : Reps Probe Integrity Of Issuance Process
The House of Representatives has mandated its committee on Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to probe the procedure for the issuance of driver’s license, determine its integrity and come up with measures to reverse the trend if found to lack integrity.
This follows the adoption of a motion sponsored by Hon. Philip Shuaibu (Edo-APC).
Leading debate, Shuaibu explained that the Federal Road Safety Commission and the Vehicle Inspection Office as the two agencies involved in issuance of driver’s license do not follow laid down rules in carrying out their responsibilities adding that the agencies’ actions compromised the integrity of the Nigerian Driver’s License and endangered the lives and property of Nigerian road users.
He noted that only licensed Driving Schools should train intending drivers who thereafter should pass a driving test conducted by an agency of government but that is not the case at the moment. According to the lawmaker, due process before issuance of driver’s license is routinely breached so much that a driver’s license can be obtained by proxy and without proper examination on the intended holder’s knowledge of traffic rules.
“There is a direct correlation between the high rate of accidents in the country yearly and the capacity of driver’s plying the highways. Driver’s licenses are issued by these agencies without determining how well the individual applying for it is conversant with traffic rules,” he said.
He lamented the lack of implementation of traffic rules by agencies saddled with the responsibility of punishing violators of such rules.
Shuaib further called for the synchronization of database of license holders with that of national identity card for easy tracking if and when, the need arises.
The House therefore urged the committee to report its findings within four weeks for further legislative action.
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