National Assembly workers under the auspices of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) have suspended their strike action on Tuesday, June 14.
The workers embarked on the strike action last Monday; thereby crippling activities at the National Assembly for a week.
Chairman, PASAN, National Assembly chapter, Sunday Sabiyi, who addressed the members at the gate on Tuesday said the strike would be suspended till further notice.
He said:
Our National President has spoken and we have heard. They said by July we would get approval and complete the implementation; and the allowances would be paid by the end of June.
The Senate President said after the allowances have been paid by June ending, he would call for a town hall meeting. If he doesn’t call for the town hall meeting, we will call for another strike action.
For this reason, we have suspended the strike action for now. So, everybody should go and rest, have your bathe and resume the day’s activities.
Last week, PASAN on Monday, June 6, commenced an indefinite strike; and shut down the National Assembly.
This is in a bid to get the attention of the government to their demands.
It was gathered that PASAN is demanding full implementation of its revised condition of service.
PASAN, in May 2020, had written to the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, appealing to them to intervene in the alleged plot to stop the implementation of the revised condition of service for members.
According to a member of PASAN EXCO who spoke to the Daily Post, the lawmakers are yet to implement the service condition.
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As a result, members of the association have decided to shut down activities of the National Assembly. This is until their needs are met.
