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MEMEBERS of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) in Abia on Monday barricaded entrance to the State House of Assembly as they began an indefinite strike.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the industrial action is over the alleged failure of the state government to implement financial autonomy granted to the State Houses of Assembly.
The members placed a big banner with union’s logo at the Assembly gate as the task force barred anybody from gaining entrance into the complex located on the Government Layout at Ogurube, Umuahia.
Abia PASAN Chairman, Mr Sunday Kalu, told newsmen that the action by the state chapter was in compliance with the directive from the national body.
He said that it was also as a result of the failure of the state government to domesticate the Executive Order 10 signed by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2020.
Kalu said that the union had embarked on the strike some years back, but later decided to suspend it after negotiation with the government “and up till now nothing has been done.”
According to him, the union has decided that we embark on indefinite strike, pending when we get a concrete achievement for our members.
Kalu said that some state had started partial implementation but opined that due process was not fully followed.
He said: “In Abia, we have not gotten the administrative autonomy which is paramount.
“We have Abia State House of Assembly Commission Law that empowers the Assembly to stay on its own administratively.
“We are calling on the State Government to do the needful by constituting the Assembly commission and then the financial autonomy.” (NAN)
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-October 30, 2023 @ 15:42 GMT |
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