- House of Reps calls on TCN to explain its employment processes.
- The resolution followed the adoption of the motion by Rep. Preye Oseke.
The House of Representatives has motioned to invite the management of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) over alleged irregularities in the employment process in the agency. This move was made following the adoption of a motion by Rep. Preye Oseke (PDP-Bayelsa) at the plenary on Wednesday.
Oseke said that TCN is in the process of concluding a recruitment exercise in which over 400 applicants have been favourably considered. However, according to him, only a few successful applicants are from Bayelsa, despite the very many eligible applicants from the said state. He noted that youths’ restiveness on account of mass unemployment, such acts of alleged bias, and uneven distribution of opportunities could negatively impact unethical conducts perpetrated by youths of the state.
Rep. Nkem Abonta (PDP-Abia), amending the motion, said that besides Bayelsa, Abia, among others, has been affected. He said that the house should equally make a case for all other states of the federation that have been marginalised.
In his ruling, the Deputy Speaker, Rep. Ahmed Wase, mandated the Committees on Federal Character and Public Service Matters to invite the Head of Service of the Federation and the Managing Director of TCN. He said that the officials should be made to explain the rationale for the marginalisation of some states in an ongoing recruitment exercise.