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.