The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) have vowed to resist attempts by few disgruntled elements to destroy the union.
This is just as they passed vote of confidence on the President and other principal officers of the union for their sterling leadership.
Rising from a mass meeting in Abuja on Thursday, the chairmen of all the Units of the Association in all the Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) in Abuja declared that those bent on derailing the Association, would be squarely dealt with.
The labour leaders stormed the Ultra Modern National Secretariat complex of the Association comprising a Conference Centre, guest house, offices and shops now at the fifth floor of construction and sprawling on about 12 plots of land at Mabushi area of the Federal Capital Territory.
Commending the national leadership of the Association for the prudent management of the union’s resources,they wondered how many organizations, both in the public and private sectors of the economy could undertake such a massive building project without getting grants or obtaining loans from banks and other financial institutions .
In a communiqué issued at the end of their deliberations in Abuja and signed by 53 units chairmen, the labour leaders faulted thr malicious publications by one Andrew Emelieze and his cohorts designed to tarnish the image of the association and its leaders.
“The meeting, therefore, urged the Leadership of the Association to take appropriate actions against those behind the online publication of falsehood against the union and its leadership.
“The meeting also urged the Leadership of the Association to expel any other member or staff of the Union who is found to be relating directly or indirectly with those bent on destroying the Association and bringing its leaders to disrepute”.
They passed a vote of confidence on the National President of the Association, Comrade Tommy Etim Okon PhD, the Secretary-General, Comrade Alade Bashir Lawal, and all the Principal Officers of the association.
They implored the teeming members of the Association in Abuja and the 36 states of Nigeria to continue to support the current national leadership of the union that had demonstrated unparalleled commitment towards the pursuit of members’ welfare.
They also dismissed as ridiculous allegation that N14 billion of the union had been embezzled and wondered how such amount could have been accumulated since its registration when the Association had various bills such as salary commitments, hosting of meetings of CWC, NEC, delegates conferences, etc, to settle.
They also maintained that the claim that the union’s property housing its National Secretariat in Lagos and the building under construction in Abuja had been sold was false.
