Showdown in NASS Over Unpaid Salaries

A showdown is imminent between presiding officers and management of the Na­tional Assembly over a three month unpaid salaries of po­litical aides appointed by the officers.Both the presiding offi­cers and principal officers were permitted by the Rev­enue Mobilization, Fiscal and Allocation Commission (RMFAC) to appoint spe­cific number of aides who were placed on consolidated scale of remuneration.
Since the beginning of the 8th assembly, it was gath­ered that the management had not found it easy paying the salaries of the aides and that of established workers due to paucity of cash flow.
It was confirmed at the weekend that the last time political aides, appointed by the presiding and prin­cipal officers, received their salaries was in December, while those who were given letters of appointment since January were yet to be paid a dime.
What is fueling the crisis, according to a National As­sembly source, was the re­jection of a proposal by the management to the principal officers to reduce the num­bers of aides.