As they begin on Monday, the National Assembly workers under the umbrella of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) have made good their threat to embark on a four-day strike.
The workers, who are demanding mainly for the payment of arrears of 28 per cent increase in their salaries since 2010, stormed the National Assembly in the early hours of Monday blocking all entrances into the complex.
Although the workers were not forcefully denying other workers access into the complex, many staff who were able to go in, were seen coming out, minutes later.
This is because the workers have also cut off essential services like power and water supply, effectively crippling any form of activity within the premises.
“No work today. We have cut down the water and electricity supply. No light, no water too. Nobody can stay there,” a worker,
The aggrieved workers had two weeks ago shutdown the National Assembly stopping lawmakers from sitting, blaming the management of the National Assembly for their plight and insisting on the removal of the Clerk of the National Assembly, Sani Omolori.
Although no official statement has come from the management as at the time of filing this report; the Clerk had clearly dropped the blame at the door steps of the executive when he said there have been no releases to implement the workers’ wage increase captured in the 2018 budget.