The 26 lawmakers of the Akwa Ibom state House of Assembly, Aides, and other officials including security personnel were stranded as angry workers under the aegis of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) called out its members to join the ongoing strike by the national body over sundry issues bothering on staff welfare.
Speaking with LEADERSHIP, Hon. Jerry Otu, Chairman of the House Committee on Information, who lamented that the activities of the Assembly have been crippled by the strike, explained that the action was in solidarity and adherence to the directive of the national executive of the association.
In the same vein, the Chairman of the state branch of PASAN, Miss Uduak Ebong Okon, explained that the solidarity protest became necessary to impress it on the state government to heed to some key demands of the association.
She listed them to include financial autonomy, legislative duty allowance,
legislative salary structure, outfit allowance, PASAN legislative week and staff training.
