Representation, therefore, allows for selection, nomination and election of representatives to the legislature, to represent the interests of all the communities.
The Senate PPC is established by the senate standing order 13 of 2015 and is referred to as a committee on ethics, privileges and public petition. While that of the House of Representative is provided by Order 18 Rule 121 and of the Standing Orders. He explained that the National Assembly Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct and Public Petition, presents a special platform whereby individuals can ventilate their grievances against the conduct of any public authority charged with the responsibility of administering laws made by the National Assembly.
According to him, the Committee could extend invitations to all relevant individuals and stakeholders; receive their oral and written submissions in pursuance of the resolution. “The Committee would then deliberate and make their findings and recommendations, as to the best possible way of resolving the issues raised. These recommendations would then be presented on the floor of the House at plenary and passed as a resolution.
According to him those and others not mentioned are examples of cases where government officials and corporate executives shunned invitations by the Senate or its committees to respond to allegations leveled against them or their organisations. Talking about issues that hinder the committee from being effective, the lawyer pointed out that proliferation of committees with overlapping oversight functions, which usually result in contradictory and inconsistent positions contribute to the problem. Others, he said, include rent-seeking by committee members, refusal by witnesses to honour summons, lack of capacity to enforce resolutions or findings and the absence of fines for those who hold it in contempt.
He explained that the National Assembly derives its power for the establishment of the Public Petition Committee – like any other committee established by the National Assembly – from the provision of section 62 of the 1999 Constitution, which empowers the Senate or the House of Representatives to appoint a committee of its members for special or general purposes and may by resolution, regulation or otherwise delegate any functions exercisable by it to any such Committee.
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