Senate, Reps Resumption: Disaster Looms As Corruption Allegation Rocks Nationwide Meeting Administration

The Nationwide Meeting chapter of PASAN, had in a round dated 3 October, 2025, accused the Clerk of laundering cash belonging to the Affiliation.

The round was signed by the trio of Comrade Chris MC-Odo, Comrade Yusuf Mohammed Abiola and Comrade Chinenye Peace Ndu and addressed to the Clerk, with copies to the Director, Division of State Safety (DSS), and the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), each within the Nationwide Meeting.

It alleged that the Clerk, working along with the ousted government, had laundered funds belonging to PASAN by means of the Chapter`s NASS financial institution accounts and was bent on protecting his tracks by “defending the Ousted Exco so as to not go down with the Sunday Sabiyi led exco who boasted that If I’m going down, you all go down…”

It additional expressed unhappiness at Mr Ogunlana`s actions, stating that it amounted to “interference, meddlesome and infringement on our basic rights and are completely unacceptable to us as employees below a Commerce Union.”

Different infractions it accused the Clerk of are, refusal to right alleged fraudulent brief funds of members salaries and allowances, refusal to remit statutory deductions from taxes, contributory pensions and Nationwide Housing Fund (NHF).

PASAN additionally said that the Ogunlana led Nationwide Meeting administration diverted funds for members coaching and retraining, refused the complete implementation of consolidated legislative wage construction (CONLESS), cost of excellent 50 % CONLESS, amongst a number of different infractions.

In response to the employees physique, the Clerk has since deployed “intimidation, harassment and victimization” techniques to silence members of employees forward of Tuesday`s deliberate picketing of the Nationwide Meeting to attract the eye of the Senator Godswill Akpabio led tenth Meeting to the matter.

It additionally revealed that administration had resorted to “threats and strikes to question and droop a few of our members for his or her lively and rightful participation in union actions over their insistence on rule pushed PASAN with respect to the decision for presentation of audited accounts of the chapter to the congress as stipulated by PASAN structure, 2015 …”

The round additionally accused the Clerk of plans to impose an unlawful government on the Affiliation,

Nevertheless, one other round obtained by Each day Impartial newspaper which signature learn, Comrade Sunday Sabiyyi, Chairman, PASAN, and which seems to be in response to the transfer to picket the Meeting, dissociated the union from the looming industrial motion.

It distanced the “Union from the picketing/protest that’s purportedly being deliberate, as printed on a WHATSAPP Platform named, NASS FORUM. We want to make it clear that PASAN, as the one registered and legit employees union within the Nationwide Meeting, isn’t in any manner concerned within the group of this protest.”

It continued; “Now we have acquired data that this group of people plans to picket/protest throughout the Nationwide Meeting advanced, elevating points that they declare haven’t been addressed by the administration. We want to state that the problems in query have been considerably complied with by the Administration of the Nationwide Meeting. As well as, PASAN has arrange a committee to look into the gray arrears and current a report for additional motion. This committee is actively discussing with the administration to resolve any excellent points.

“Due to this fact, we strongly advise all PASAN members to stay on their responsibility submit and go about their respectable enterprise throughout the advanced. We don’t help or condone any type of protest or picketing that disrupts the functioning of the Nationwide Meeting. Such actions solely serve to create a unfavorable picture of our esteemed establishment and hinder the sleek operation of our duties.

“We belief that the Nationwide Meeting administration will take needed measures to analyze and make sure that the protest and picketing by the so known as ‘Involved Employees’ group isn’t allowed to happen throughout the premises of the Nationwide Meeting advanced. We additionally urge the administration to speak this message to all employees members, emphasizing the necessity to uphold the dignity and professionalism of our establishment.

Thanks on your consideration to this matter. We stay dedicated to working with the Nationwide Meeting administration to handle any considerations and challenges confronted by our members.”