The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria( PASAN) has bemoaned weak security at the National Assembly which it said almost resulted in a fatality.
PASAN,at a press conference in Abuja narrated how a suspicious person visiting the facility had upon interrogation pulled out a knife to attack some staff.
PASAN chairman, National Assembly Chapter, Sunday Sabiyi, said the attacker however fled the scene and evaded arrest.
Sabiyi,who spoke to herald the PASAN Week 2022,said: “So many unauthorized persons come into this place. The police are not supposed to come into NASS with their guns but we find out that some Orderly are doing so why?We have so many plans to make the National Assembly secure and we believe the new CNA will believe in us to tackle insecurity to follow the process to see that the environment is secured”
He emphasized that security is for all of us hence the stop and search on vehicles initiative instituted by the management.
“We are also going to enforce the issue of dressing in this place. Not only the security, you see some women dressed half naked”, Sabiyi said.
He congratulated the newly appointed Clerk to the National Assembly Mr Sani Tanbuwa and other top new management staff.
He explained that the congratulations became necessary in view of the near management crisis that witnessed the emergence of the new clerk.
He urged the leadership of the National Assembly Service Commission NASC to always be steadfast and give necessary directives that would enhance harmonious working relationships in the National Assembly.
“What is going on in the national assembly is a management issue and not political. As staff, we don’t want chaos or trouble, all we want is a harmonious working relationship.Everybody knows that there are procedures and service conditions that must be followed at every point in time. It is only in an harmonious workplace that staff can be taken care of”.
He lamented that some junior staff collected between N8000 to N16000 as pension with no gratuity, this is very unacceptable.
