Aides to Nigerian lawmakers protest non-payment of 22 months salary arrears
Aides to Nigerian lawmakers protest non-payment of 22 months salary arrears
The aides, under the aegis of Concerned National Assembly Legislative Aides, allege that N9.6 billion appropriated for the payment is missing.
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Once again, the official aides of Nigerian lawmakers have taken their protests to the National Assembly over unpaid salaries.
The aides, under the aegis of Concerned National Assembly Legislative Aides, allege that N9.6 billion appropriated for the payment is missing.
They are demanding payment of 22 months unpaid salary arrears, minimum wage implementation, duty tour allowance, training and improved condition of service.
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Planned peaceful assembly in protest of non-payment of salaries to 50 per cent of legislative aides was shelved as the management responded by sending payment schedule to banks.
Zebis Kekung, South-South representatives of Salary Arrears Legislative Aides (SALA) on Wednesday said this to Tribune Online in an interview.
According to him, the security department of the National Assembly waded into the matter, late Tuesday, met with and assured representatives of the peaceful and agitating legislative aides that he has the mandate of management to speak with them that payment would be made on or before December 21.
“As I speak with you, some of our members have received an alert of salary arrears” the basis for our agitation.
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Legislative aides in the National Assembly have said they will begin a peaceful protest within the premises of the National Assembly from December 16, urging the National Assembly management to avert the planned protest by responding appropriately their demands for salary arrears.
Tribune Online sighted a copy of the letter to the Clerk of the National Assembly dated December 13, 2020 in which the group is demanding immediate payment of their 2019 salaries and allowances.
Signatories to the correspondence verified by the Tribune Online are Tony Omali for North Central, Zebis Kekung, South South and Chinedu Nwokeukwu.
The letter signed by six representatives of the group by their regional representation reads in part: “On the strength of the above, we are by this letter issuing a 48 hours’ notice of our intention to commence on series of actions to drive home our demands for the payment of our 2019 salary arrears.