By Our Correspondent
After the fracas between the personnel of the Department of State Services (DSS) and some staff of the National Assembly Friday, the Clerk to the National Assembly, Alhaji Sani Magaji Tambawal has called on all security operatives in the complex to be civil in the carrying out their duties.
A statement signed by Birma Shuaibu Maina, Secretary, Human Resources and Staff Development on behalf of the Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA) said the top management of the National Assembly was aware of the unfortunate incident that happened on Friday, 17th May, 2024, which involved Dr. John Nnnaji, Clerk, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream), Comrade M. C. Odo and some DSS Personnel at the National Assembly Complex.
It further said the CNA and top management team visited Comrade Odo at the National Assembly Clinic and immediately called for an emergency meeting between the Management, Security Personnel and Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) officials during which the “unfortunate incident” was deliberated upon and unanimously resolved as follows:
“That DSS and other Security operatives should work in harmony with the Sergeant-At-Arms.
“All security operatives within the National Assembly Complex should be civil in the discharge of their duties.
“All members of Staff should always display their I. D. cards for easy identification”.
Finally, the CNA and the top management appealed to staff to be “calm, peaceful and law abiding as the situation is under control”.
It will be recalled that a face-off between the DSS and some staff of the National Assembly Friday, led to the brutalization of two senior staff of NASS leading to serious commotion at the complex.
