Nagaland Voluntary Consumers’ Organisation (NVCO) has questioned the state government on induction of another State Information Commissioner (SIC) and has asked the government to lay down rules and criteria for induction of SIC in Nagaland.
In a press statement NVCO media cell claimed that Nagaland Information Commission was not functioning since February 2, 2017 after its office building was burnt down during public protest in Kohima.
It questioned why another SIC, a retired chief engineer (Power) at the rank of state chief secretary) has been inducted when the commission was not functioning as it amounts to unnecessarily extracting the state exchequer. NVCO also added that prior to burning of the building, the commission state chief information commissioner (retired state chief secretary) and a state information commissioner (retired chief engineer PHE) and asked whether it was required to induct two retired technocrats (engineer) in one of the highest State Commissions.
NVCO has also extended support to civil society organisations demand for CBI probe in MKR Pillai sandal. It claimed that earlier the NVCO submitted RTI application to the PIO, DGP Office, Nagaland in regard to the funds of several years under the schemes for modernisation of state polices forces and others.
Nagaland Voluntary Consumers’ Organisation the reply to the RTI did not show any funds/sanction and that the few pages reply was brought personally to NVCO, president Kezhokhoto Savi by one of DGP office staff who even refused to take the fee for the copies. It accused office of DGP of being involved in MKR Pillai case/scam and added that citizens of Nagaland cannot afford to avoid or bury the scam despite of the prevailing “childish game or the political see-saw play” of the NPF.