Members of the Nigerian Parliamentary Staff Association have shut down the National Assembly (PASAN)
PASAN has also gone on indefinite strike, demanding that their revised working conditions be fully implemented.
Remember that PASAN wrote to the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, in May 2020, pleading with them to intervene in a brewing crisis caused by an alleged plot to halt the implementation of the revised condition of service for members.
However, a PASAN EXCO member who spoke to DAILY POST on the condition of anonymity stated that the lawmakers have yet to implement the service condition.
He said members of the group have decided to shut down activities of the National Assembly until their needs are met.
He said, “The two chapters, National Assembly Commission and the National Assembly chapter have unanimously agreed that we will are going on an indefinite strike because we have a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU that was signed but the management has refused to implement the agreement.
“The MoU was signed on March 21, 2020, but to date, nothing has been implemented.
“There was an act on consequential adjustment on minimum wage, the Federal Government has released fund for that but till date, the National Assembly Service is being owed the arrears of that minimum wage”.
When DAILY POST visited the National Assembly Commission office in Utako, the facility was under lock and key as officials were sighted wandering within the area.