National Assembly Workers Announces Commencement Of Strike

National Assembly staff under the aegis of Parliamentary Staff
Association of Nigeria (PASAN) and National Assembly Service
Commission (NASC) have warned that they will picket the assembly
starting from Tuesday to Thursday.

The PASAN and NASC staff have also given the National Assembly
management two weeks ultimatum to address their grievances or they
will embark on indefinite strike.

The strike, which will start on the 14th of December if the
conditions are not meant will be total and indefinite, the staff
warned.

The staff, which pointed out that the issues bordering on
Consolidated Legislative Salary Structure (CONLESS), called on the
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki and the Speaker, Yakubu
Dogara to urgently take a step to nominate the would-be members of
the NASC for appointment.

The staff, in their communique signed by the Chairman and
Secretary, Bature Musa and Suleiman Haruna respectively, said that
“all pending staff promotions and conversion letters be released
with areas due fully paid, while the 2018 promotion eligibility
list be released and promotion exams conducted on or before 31
December.”

The staff also said that retired officers still at duty post to
quit immediately and also that the management should stop using
consultants for jobs the staff can do.

NASC staff on the other hand noted that while the demand for
capacity building exercises duly meant for the staff are not
implemented, management is spending about N40 million for itself on
tour.

The staff noted that those, who passed the 2018 promotion
examinations have not started receiving reviewed salaries, adding
that allowances have not been paid and their entitlements have been
denied and also called for review of condition of services.

The staff demanded for full implementation of their grievances,
warning that failure to implement their resolutions, they would
have no option than to embark on indefinite strike starting from on
the 14 of this month.

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