PASAN Disolves NASS EXCO

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has dissolved the executive committee of its National Assembly (NASS) chapter.

It also froze the bank accounts of the chapter and urged the Registrar of Trade Unions (RTU) to take immediate action to audit the chapter’s accounts, as well as other measures.

In a communique released at the end of the association’s emergency NEC meeting heldrecently in Abuja, the national body also asked the RTU to call to order one of its members.

Alhaji Mohammed Bello, a NEC member and Chairman, Kogi chapter who read the communique, said the hammer fell on the NASS chapter “following acts inimical to PASAN’s well-being’’.

“This NEC decision was based on the dictates of Rules 19 (10), 20 (6), 13 (4) and F/1 20 (6) of PASAN’s Constitution. Thus, the NASS exco stands dissolved.

“All the accruable dues in the chapter will now be paid to the national body, while its accounts have been frozen.

“We also call on RTU to go on to audit the chapter’s accounts and take all actions it deems necessary to restore sanity in line with what we have in PASAN’s Constitution,’’ he said.

Bello said the emergency NEC meeting felt it had to take action as the NASS chapter was already over-stepping its bounds.

“The NASS chapter is just one out of so many chapters in PASAN and it is duty bound to abide by all the laws of the association, which we all subscribe to through our constitution and which is the only legal instrument we have,’’ he said.

The Tide’s source reports that the meeting’s communique also urged the RTU to ensure that one of its Abuja-based members, Sunday Sabiyyi, was “severely dealt with’’ according to labour laws.

“Sabiyyi who presently parades himself as PASAN National President should be severely dealt with according to the laws.

“The RTU should respond to his (Sabiyyi) recent disclaimer in a national daily and let the whole world know that there is only one national executive committee in PASAN.

“This only national exco, and which is the authentic one, is the one led by Comrade Fatai O. Jimoh as National President and which was duly elected in Makurdi, Benue State on April 25, 2012,’’ the communique said.

The Tide’s source reports that the emergency NEC meeting which was held at the Labour House was attended by a representative of the RTU, Comrade Uyi Osagie, who spoke on steps being taken by the registry.

“The Registrar does not support any illegality. Our office abides with all you have in your constitution, which we have a copy of and which is the legally-accepted instrument of operations of PASAN that we know,’’ he had told the meeting.

Comrade Charles Uzodike, the association’s pioneer National President, also gave words of advice at the meeting, urging the RTU to wade in and ensure the association was placed on a firm footing.