The Taraba State chapter of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has called off its one-week strike.
After its executive meeting on Sunday night, the association decided to allow access to the Taraba State House of Assembly’s premises.
Confirming the development, the association’s state chairman, Ibrahim Bala Yusuf, said the decision was necessitated by the intervention of the State House of Assembly leadership and the executive arm of government.
Since the workers’ one-week strike over unpaid seven-year outfit allowances, legislative activities have come to a halt, as reported by DAILY POST.
The strike was also said to have frustrated the executive, preventing the government from presenting the 2023 budget, which was supposed to happen last week Tuesday.
Though the union’s leadership was unable to determine whether their demands had been met, our source in the government circle said the government decided to appease the union in order to pave the way for the budget presentation, which DAILY POST has learned is scheduled for this week.
The chairman thanked union members for rallying behind the union’s leadership and urged them to try to return to work tomorrow, Monday.
They also urged the government to reciprocate by maintaining a harmonious relationship between them.
Some members of the association who spoke to DAILY POST said their demands had not been met, but they urged the leadership of the State House of Assembly and other key stakeholders to intervene and put pressure on the government to do so.
