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In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES‘ Bakare Majeed, the Chairman House Committee on Media, Benjamin Kalu, speaks on the plan to renovate the National Assembly complex with N37 billion, the House legislative agenda, delay in the passage of PIB and Electoral Bill and other issues. Excerpt:
PT: You have been very vocal about the need to renovate the National Assembly complex, Does the leakage on Tuesday validate your concerns?
Kalu: You see, Nigerians need to understand how the parliament operates, and also how we are accommodated. The fact remains that this property is under the Federal Capital Development Administration (FCDA). It remains that this property is maintained by the FCDA, not the National Assembly. But our duty is appropriate for the Federal Capital Territory as well. They don’t have a house of assembly for Abuja and they presented N37billion.
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Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja
Workers under the aegis of the Joint Unions Action Committee (JUAC) in the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and Federal Capital Development Administration (FCDA) yesterday embarked on a three-day warning strike over their call for the abrogation of the office of the Permanent Secretary and the implementation of the FCT Civil Service Commission Act.
The warning strike grounded activities at the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), Department of Development Control and Abuja Geographic Information Systems (AGIS).
It was also learnt that school teachers and health workers were contemplating joining the ongoing strike.
The workers accused the FCT Administration of double standards, saying that government that claimed to be transparent cannot continue to retain a Permanent Secretary deployed from the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.