NASS legislative aides mull court action over unpaid claims
National Assembly Legislative Aides have threatened to go to court as well as petition anti-graft agencies over the non-payment of their 2019 unpaid salary arrears, Minimum Wage and other allowances.
They have vowed to drag the Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA), Mr Amos Ojo before the National Industrial Court over alleged flagrant abuse of the appropriation law.
In a petition to the Department of State Security (DSS), National Assembly Division – a copy of which was obtained by our correspondent on Wednesday – they decried the series of alleged infractions perpetrated by the National Assembly Management.
The document was co-signed in Abuja by Mr Zebis Prince (South) and Tony Omali (North).
“Starting from next week, we shall take certain steps to bring our sorry plight to the attention of the world in the hope that they might be able to call the management to order.
“Some of these steps include but not limited to media campaigns/interviews, submission of petitions to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Crimes Commission (ICPC).
“And ultimately, instituting a suit against the Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA) and the National Assembly as an institution.”
The aides accused the CNA of misappropriating the N25 billion released for payment of their 2019 salary arrears and 24-month Minimum Wage.
They claimed that only one month salary arrear and four-month minimum wage was cleared by the management.
