Saraki, Dogara Give National Assembly Management Friday Deadline to Resolve Issues With Workers

The leadership of the National Assembly has given a marching
order to the Assembly management to ensure that all issues
bordering on the welfare of the protesting workers are sorted out
before Friday.

To this end, Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the
House of Representives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, Tuesday evening
mandated the National Assembly Management Committee headed by the
Clerk, Alhaji Mohammed Sani-Omolori, to resolve all issues raised
by protesting members of staff and report back to them by
Friday.

Saraki’s Media Adviser, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in a release issued in
Abuja stated that the directive was given at a meeting attended by
the National Assembly’s Management and members of staff under the
umbrella of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN),
the Senate President and the Speaker – who addressed the meeting on
behalf of the leadership of both chambers.

The duo were quoted to have said that it was important for the
workers to be well motivated and their demands properly addressed
in order to create a conducive atmosphere for the legislature to
perform its duties.

The Senate President and Speaker noted that the demands of the
workers were part of the responsibilities of the National Assembly
Management and that the grievances of the workers should not be
allowed to linger.

“The leadership of the National Assembly made it clear to the
staff that the issues raised by them were previously unknown to the
legislators and that even if they were known to the Senate
President and the Speaker, the leadership could do little to
address them because they fall under the purview of the NASS’s
Management.

On the workers’ demand for a properly constituted National
Assembly Service Commission, the Assembly leadership assured that
the Commission will be constituted before Friday.

“The workers demanded for the implementation of the CONLESS
system in the payment of their salaries and allowances, approval of
new condition of service for the workers, among other issues.
However, Dr. Saraki and Hon. Dogara, as well as their colleagues
also reassured the workers that they will personally supervise how
the management will eventually resolve the issues and ensure that
the workers are not shortchanged”, the statement added.

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