NASC staff protest over welfare
Staff members of the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) on Wednesday staged a protest at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja over poor salaries, lack of training opportunities, unpaid benefits, and other welfare-related concerns. The protesters alleged that poor staff welfare had caused the deaths of four colleagues in the past two months, the latest occurring […]
Staff members of the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) on Wednesday staged a protest at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja over poor salaries, lack of training opportunities, unpaid benefits, and other welfare-related concerns.
The protesters alleged that poor staff welfare had caused the deaths of four colleagues in the past two months, the latest occurring on Tuesday, September 23, a day before the demonstration.
Carrying placards and chanting solidarity songs, the workers demanded urgent management intervention to address what they described as long-standing neglect and hardship.
Tension heightened after one of the commission’s commissioners addressed the gathering. Shortly afterward, the aggrieved workers turned on members of the press, harassing a Trust TV crew despite having earlier invited journalists to cover the protest.
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During the address, the commissioner said: “There are issues which I, the commissioner for establishment, and the secretary have taken up. Please, ladies and gentlemen, it will be an abomination to put on camera to discuss anything of that sort. But we take responsibility for the issues raised by your leadership.”
As of press time, the management of the commission was yet to react to the protest.