The National Assembly Chapter of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, on Monday, denied that its executives did not remit the N158m check-off dues to its national body.
The national executive of PASAN had last week said it dissolved the NASS chapter over alleged non-payment of N158m dues.
But the Public Relations Officer of the NASS Chapter of PASAN, Mr. Godwin Kyespo, in a statement in Abuja, described the purported dissolution of the NASS Chapter executive as illegal.
Kyespo said the executive had never defaulted in the payment of monthly check-off dues as claimed by its national leadership.
He noted that no chapter of PASAN was complying with the provision of the PASAN Constitution as regards check-off dues because of its “obnoxious nature.”
He called on the staff of the National Assembly Central Working Committee and National Executive Committee of PASAN and the general public to disregard the purported dissolution.
The statement read in part: “Following claims by the National President and General Secretary of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria that the executive organ of the National Assembly Chapter of PASAN has been dissolved over alleged failure to pay check-off dues, the executive, on behalf of the National Assembly Chapter wishes to state as follows:
“That the action of the National Secretary of PASAN on the purported dissolution of a democratically elected Exco of the NASS chapter is illegal, null and void with no effect.
“That the National Assembly executive of PASAN has not defaulted in the payment of the monthly check-off dues as claimed by the National President and Secretary General of PASAN.
“The 7th NEC meeting held between 29th to 30th of April 2014 at the Senate wing, National Assembly Complex never resolved to dissolve any chapter Exco that is owing check-off dues as purported because no chapter is complying with the provision of the PASAN Constitution as regards check-off dues due to its obnoxious nature.
“The unilateral act of the President to have purportedly dissolved the NASS Chapter Executive and constituting a caretaker committee without a valid NEC resolution is a further proof of his anti-democratic inclination and lack of transparency in running PASAN activities at the national level.
“The procedure for resolving all internal disputes is clearly stated in Rule 22 of the PASAN Constitution.”
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