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From Okey Sampson, Umuahia
Members of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) in Abia on Monday barricaded entrance to the State House of Assembly in protest over the alleged failure of the state government to implement financial autonomy granted to the State Houses of Assembly.
As the workers barricaded the entrance, they barred people from gaining access into the Assembly complex.
Chairman of the Association, Mr Sunday Kalu, told newsmen that the action by the state chapter was in compliance with the directive from the national body.
He said that it was also as a result of the failure of the state government to domesticate the Executive Order 10 signed by ex-President Muhammadu Buhari in 2020.
Kalu stated that the union had embarked on the strike some years back, but later decided to suspend it after negotiation with the government “and up till now nothing has been done.”
He said presently, the union has decided to embark on indefinite strike, pending when the state government will implement the Order.
He said: “In Abia, we have not gotten the administrative autonomy which is paramount.
“We have Abia State House of Assembly Commission Law that empowers the Assembly to stay on its own administratively.
“We are calling on the State Government to do the needful by constituting the Assembly commission and then the financial autonomy.”
