Legislative activities almost got truncated today, Tuesday, as
hundreds of workers under the aegis of Parliamentary Association of
Nigeria,PASAN, National Assembly chapter stormed the complex in protest over
N11 billion salaries and allowances arrears.
Inscriptions on the placards displayed by the
aggrieved workers which conveyed their anger say “Stop deduction of pension
from our salary” “N10,000 Owners Occupier Housing is fraudulent”; “Pay us our
allowances”, among others.
While addressing the leadership of the National
Assembly, Mohammed Bawa, PASAN chairman, NASS Chapter threatened that there was
no going back on the struggle, adding that the protest will continue until the
National Assembly Commission submit to their demands.
He hinged his hope on assurances of the duo of Senate
President and Speaker of House of Reps, David Mark and Aminu Tambuwal who
personally received their petitions against the NASS Management from them.
A duplicate of a letter being circulated by some of
the staff yesterday also reads:
“Recall that the Senate, at its sitting on Wednesday,
May 26, 2010, approved over N11 billion for the payment of the Consolidated
Legislative Salary Structure (CONLESS) in concurrence with the 100 per cent
increase in salaries and allowances passed by the House of Representatives on
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 for National Assembly workers, including the legislative
aides and the staff of the National Assembly Service Commission”
“Recall also that according to the report of the Senate Committee on
Establishment and Public Service, the Legislative aides, numbering 2,942, were
to get N6,026,811,522 as against the then N3,444,576,893.
“The National Assembly workers, whose number stood at 3,167,
were allocated N4,576,867,627 as against the then N2,660,005,145, while the
National Assembly Service Commission, with a staff strength of 317, was
allocated N437,019,166 as against N27,985,917 annually. Further recall that the
two chambers of the National Assembly on Wednesday, July 7, 2010, adopted the
conference committee’s report on CONLESS, as harmonised.
“Note that the approved CONLESS was intended to earn
Grade Level 04, step 1 Officer about N41,451 while Grade Level 08 Step 1 would
earn N122,884.50 monthly. This calculation was based on the 25 per cent annual
Outfit and Legislative Duty Allowances, in addition to the CONLESS divided by
12 calendar months.
DailyPost gathered that following the intervention of
the Senate President, David Mark and Aminu Tambuwal, Speaker of the House of
Representatives, a meeting has been scheduled for this week.
Some of the workers who spoke under anonymity, frowned
at the non-refundable fee of N10,000 deducted from about 3,000 staff salaries
over the past three years without delivering the houses
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