The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating alleged job racketeering and mismanagement of IPPIS by federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) has threatened to invoke the provisions of the constitution to compel heads of MDAs to appear before it.
In a statement today, the chairman of the committee, Yusuf Gagdi accused the heads of MDAs of frustrating the work of the committee aimed at correcting imbalances in the public service of the federation.
Gagdi described the refusal of the heads of MDAs to appear before the house as deliberate stating that committee will not hesitate to invoke its legislative powers to ensure the affected MDAs comply with the invitations of the committee.
The committee had asked the institute to provide a detailed analysis of the state representation of workers in the institute and how it plan to address the imbalance in employment.
