From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
A pressure group, the Patriotic Youth Forum ( PYF) has hailed the Clerk of the National Assembly ( CNA), Sani Magaji Tambuwal, over his commitment to workers welfare.
The group, in a statement, jointly signed by its National coordinator, Otunba Bamidele Adigun, and National Organising Secretary, Musa Isah, said there have been remarkable improvement in the welfare of staff of the National Assembly, since Tambuwal assumed office as CNA.
It noted that within few months of his assumption of office, N3. 7 billion outstanding allowances to the staff was paid, while the National Assembly clinic was upgraded amongst other welfare packages.
Consequently, the group warned against alleged attempts by “some so-called civil society groups to distract the CNA through blackmail and spurious allegations that are unfounded and misleading” in the performance of his duties.
” It is a fact that since Mr. Sani Magaji Tambuwal’s emergence as the CNA in November, 2022 and his eventual confirmation in March this year, there have been marked improvement in staff welfare and communication with top management within the National Assembly bureaucracy.
“The payment of N3.7bn CON-PECULIAR and other outstanding entitlements within a few months in office and the upgrade of the NASS clinic with plans for the state-of-the-art equipment, easing the transportation needs of workers with eight new buses and effecting the payment of N35, 000 palliative grant, from September,2023 are few of the pragmatic leadership of Mr. Tambuwal this past one year in office.
“We wish to further state that,we have diligently followed his leadership and management style, it is gratifying to know and see that all outstanding workers welfare packages and entitlements are been cleared as well as increase in trainings and retraining for all cadres of staff in the NASS service.
“It is on this note and many more, we call on Mr. Tambuwal to remain focused, accountable and ignore mischief makers and those given to blackmail and trading in spurious allegations”.