Legislative aides in the ninth National Assembly have cried out to President Bola Tinubu, the Independent Corrupt Practices & Other Related Offences Commission, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to help recover their 15 months salary from the National Assembly Management.
The affected group of people alleged that the money had been released for payment under the former minister of Finance, Zaynab Ahmed, but the National Assembly management, under the leadership of the Clerk, Magaji Tambuwal, diverted their salaries for “other purposes”.
It was gathered that the workers who left office in June 2023 were enrolled into the service of the National Assembly in May 2021; after serving as Legislative Aides for two years, they are being owed for 15 out of the 24 months of service.
These affected staff who worked in the office of the former Senate President and Speaker, Ahmad Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila, who is now the Chief of Staff to the President, numbering 280, said they had made a series of efforts legitimately to drive home the demand for payments of these Salary arrears but all the attempts made fell to the deaf ear of the National Assembly Management.
