The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has said the Director-General, Mrs. Aisha Dahir-Umar has never shied away from her responsibilities.
The commission was reacting to the absence of the DG before the House of Representatives Committee on Finance last week to defend the commission’s 2021/2022 Budget and present the 2023-2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework/Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP).
A statement made available by the Head, Corporate Communications of PenCom, Dahiru Abdulqadir, said at the hearing, the Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Finance, Hon Saidu Abdullahi, frowned at the absence of the Commission’s Director-General, Mrs Aisha Dahir-Umar.
He said: “It is pertinent to note that the DG’s absence was because she was out of town attending an official engagement. However, the Commissioner of 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 DG is unavailable.
“The DG 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 represent her”.
He said the commission, however, notes with satisfaction the observation by the House Committee on the quality and comprehensiveness of the reports they submitted.