The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike on Wednesday, October 25, 2023, if state governors fail to implement financial autonomy for state assemblies.
PASAN, in a letter of notice addressed to the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, the Chairman of the Forum of Speakers and the Department of State Security Services (DSS), noted that they had earlier issued a 21-day strike notice.
The letter, signed by its acting Secretary-General, Ugochi Happiness Agugbue, “reiterate the Union’s preparedness to direct the members to embark on the proposed strike action if its demands are not yielded to.”
The union is demanding that state governors immediately commence the implementation of financial autonomy for state Houses of Assembly in line with the 1999 constitution (as amended).
The letter reads in part: “We refer to our letters dated September 18 and October 7, 2023, on a 21-day ultimatum to embark on industrial action if financial autonomy is not implemented in the state Houses of Assembly nationwide by Wednesday, October 18, 2023, and hereby inform you that the leadership of our great union has further extended the ultimatum by one week.
“We, therefore, hope that the extension will further provide ample opportunity to meet the demands of the union and avert industrial action.
“We, therefore, hereby reiterate the union’s preparedness to direct members to embark on the proposed strike action if its demands are not yielded to.
