| The National Pension Commission has cleared the air over the absence of its Director-General, Aisha Dahir-Umar at the House of Representatives committee on Finance hearing.
A statement signed by PenCom’s Head, Corporate Communications Department, Abdulqadir Dahiru and made available to Channel Network Afrique (CNA) explain that the Director-General could not appear before the committee due to an official engagement outside Abuja.
The Commission was earlier scheduled to defend its 20212022 Budget and present the 2023-2025 Medium Term Expenditure Strategy Paper to the House of Representatives Committee on Finance but could not do so due to the absence of its Director General.
The Absence of Aisha Dahir-Umar at the hearing without prior-notice to green chamber of the National Assembly did not go down well with the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Finance, Hon. Saidu Abdullahi who expressed dismay over the absence of the PenCom boss.
But the Commission insisted that the DG’s absence at the hearing was not as a mark of disrespect to the commission but due to other conflict engagement.
“It is pertinent to note that the DG’s absence was because she was out of town attending an official engagement.
“However, the Commissioner for Finance, the Director and Head of Accounts and the Deputy Director and Head of Financial Planning represented her, which is the usual practice whenever the Director-General was unavailable.
“The Director-General takes invitations from the National Assembly seriously and ensures that she attends personally except when the exigencies of her office make it impossible.
“In which case the relevant commissioner and management staff of the commission represents her,” the statement said.
The statement however, noted that the Management of PenCom was pleased with the observation of the House Committee on the quality and comprehensiveness of the reports submitted by the Commission. ReplyForward | |