Ogun Assembly workers threaten strike over alleged poor working condition, issue 21-day ultimatum

By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta


Ogun State House of Assembly workers, under the aegis of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), have given the state Governor, Dapo Abiodun a 21-day ultimatum to implement the Consolidated Legislative Salary Structure (CONLESS).

They said the implementation should cover them as well workers at the House of Assembly Service Commission.
The workers threatened to shut down legislative activities and begin industrial action if their demands are not met.

The national body of the association gave the ultimatum in a letter dated, Tuesday, May 9, and signed by the Secretary-General, Awobifa Hammed.
Some of their demands as stated in the letter include; full implementation of the Consolidated Legislative Salary Structure (CONLESS) to staffers in the state House of Assembly and House of Assembly Service Commission.
The workers also appealed to the governor to address their welfare package.
They also demanded full compliance with the provisions of the Ogun State House of Assembly Service Commission Law, 2018, and Statutory Office (State Emolument) Amendment 2018.
They expressed concern that three different correspondences from the state chapter of PASAN on the agitations had “not been responded to till date despite workers’ plea.”
PASAN expressed shock that the Clerk/Head of Legislative Service, the Deputy Clerk, and the Executive Secretary Assembly Service Commission “who are all our members were not only denied their due salaries, in consonance with Ogun State Assembly Service Commission Law, 2018 section 10 (2)13 and 14 but other allowances attached to their office as well were equally denied.”
The association said the demand would only place the assembly workers on the same pedestal as their counterparts in the state judiciary who have been on the Consolidated Judicial Salary Structure (CONJESS) for about a decade.

The body called on Governor Abiodun to address the demands before May 31 or risk an industrial crisis in the state.


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