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Parliamentary workers issue six-day ultimatum on financial autonomy
Sunday Aborisade, Abuja
The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria has issued a six-day ultimatum to the National Assembly and the 36 state assemblies to implement a two-year-old Executive Order 10 or face total shutdown of the legislative arm of government across all tiers of governments.
Members of the association from the 36 states of the federation issued the ultimatum when they gathered at the National Assembly complex to register their grievances over the non-implementation of the executive order that denied the state legislatures their financial autonomies.
The workers action led to the immediate closure of the National Assembly main gate by the security operatives for about two hours.
Seeks financial autonomy for Houses of Assembly
No fewer than 400 members of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) from various states across the country, yesterday, staged a peaceful protest over the non-payment of 22 months’ salaries. x
They also demanded full implementation of financial autonomy to Houses of Assemblies in the country.
This is as the National Assembly chapter of the pressure group insists on the immediate payment of their 22 months balance of national minimum wage.
PASAN threatened to shut down legislative activities in the National Assembly if their demands are not met after the 21-day ultimatum, which expires in nine days’ time.
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Tue Mar 09 2021
Members of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) are currently protesting at the main entrance of the National Assembly Abuja.
This is a result of the non-implementation of financial autonomy for State Assemblies.
PASAN protest at NASS, call for financial autonomy of State legislatures
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By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja
Members of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest at the National Assembly, calling for full implementation of financial autonomy of State Houses of Assembly.
Numbering over 400 drawn from various States across the country, the members said that the refusal of the State Governors to heed the law and the Presidential Order signed by President Muhammadu Buhari was undermining the principle of separation of powers.
The legislative workers led by PASAN President, Comrade Mohammed Usman and Deputy National President, Ikechukwu Alaribe threatened to embark on an indefinite strike that would affect all legislative bodies in the country if their demands were not met.