The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has gone on indefinite strike, demanding that their revised terms of service be fully implemented.
It was recalls that PASAN had written 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.
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However, a PASAN EXCO member who spoke on the condition of anonymity stated that lawmakers have yet to implement the service condition.
He stated that members of the group have decided to halt National Assembly activities until their needs are met.
“The two chapters, National Assembly Commission and National Assembly chapter, have unanimously agreed that we will go on an indefinite strike because we have a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU that was signed but management has refused to implement the agreement,” he said.
“The Memorandum of Understanding was signed on March 21, 2020, but nothing has been implemented to date.”
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“There was an act on consequential adjustments to the minimum wage, and the Federal Government released funds for that, but the National Assembly Service is still owed the arrears of that minimum wage.”
When the National Assembly Commission office in Utako was under lock and key, officials were seen wandering around the area.
