Code of Conduct Bureau

CODE OF CONDUCT BUREAU

FUNCTIONS

1. To ensure accountability in government business
2. To give the Judiciary more power to discipline erring judges
3. To protect Public officers from the press
4. To give the police more power to make arrest.

PUBLIC COMPLAINTS COMMISSION

Ombudsman is a government institution established to examine complaints of inefficient administration, corruption and unjustified treatment by overzealous public authorities or officials against citizens.  It was introduced in Sweden in 1809 and in Nigeria in 1975.

FUNCTIONS/IMPORTANCE OF OMBUDSMAN

1. To examine the problems and complaints of those citizens cheated in one way or the other
2. To investigate thoroughly cases of bad administration leveled against any public authority.
3. This body is committed to ensuring the protection of the rights and liberties of the member of the public.
4. It is to investigate allegations of corrupt practices leveled against officers
5. They monitor neglect experienced in some public institutions e.g Prison, Hospitals, Orphanage homes, etc and recommendation are made by the commission

TICKET OUT

1. Account for the functions of code of Conduct of Bureau

2a.          Define Ombudsman

b.            State five functions of Public Complaints Commission

3.            What are the short comings of Public Service? Discuss