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National assembly staff, management reach agreement on salary increase, arrears

Advertisement The workers have been demanding the full implementation of the new national minimum wage. The failure of the implementation of the new wage has led to an accumulation of salaries and allowances owed to them. Some of the workers were seen holding placards at the main lobby of the assembly on Tuesday, calling on the lawmakers to intervene in the situation. Advertisement In the MoU dated April 13 and seen by TheCable, it was agreed that implementation of the new minimum wage will be done by May, and the arrears shall be paid on or before the end of the fourth quarter of 2021.

Gbaja: Local government autonomy not for n assembly alone to decide

Advertisement Speaking during a leadership capacity training for councillors in Delta state, Gbajabiamila said the state assemblies must be carried along in the process. He added that not up to two-third of the state lawmakers voted in support of the move when they last considered it. There has been a debate on the need for full autonomy for the state legislature to enable them to perform better. Advertisement An ongoing strike by the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) is also seeking to get the federal government to approve financial autonomy for the state legislature. In his remarks at the workshop on Monday, Gbajabiamila said it is up to Nigerians to decide whether to have local government autonomy or not as the constitutional amendment process is still on.

State assemblies must be autonomous

It needs to be recalled that the advocacy by PASAN for fiscal autonomy for the legislature remains a cardinal provision of the constitution which upholds the principle of separation of powers among the three arms of government. This relief had been secured by the National Assembly earlier, while the state assemblies are yet to enjoy same, courtesy of their respective governors acting in blatant breach of the constitution. The situation became so thorny that in May 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari signed Executive Order 10, which granted fiscal autonomy for state legislatures and the judiciary across the 36 states of the federation. To ensure the implementation of the provision, the president mandated the Accountant General of the Federation to deduct at source and direct appropriately, the amounts due to states that fail to grant autonomy to the legislatures and judiciary.

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