Aides to the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege; and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ahmed Wase, are groaning over the alleged refusal by the National Assembly to pay their full entitlements.   According to Punch, it was, however, learnt that those in the offices of the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan; and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, were not affected.   The workers, who are aides to the presiding officers, alleged that though their appointments were made between June and July 2019, they have only been paid two months; October and November.   It was learnt on Friday that some of the aides had written their bosses to protest against the alleged instruction by the Clerk to the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, that further payments to the workers be stopped.   Some of the affected workers, who spoke to our correspondent on the condition of anonymity for fear of victimisation, accused the National Assembly bureaucracy of selectively paying those appointed by the lawmakers as aides.   An official in the office of the Deputy Speaker said, “It is not me alone but some of us. I am one of the earliest to be appointed by the Deputy Speaker. Since then, they have not paid us salaries. They will pick some, pay them and leave others till the next month.Yesterday when I finally received my salary, I received only two months’ – October and November, instead of six months. When I asked why, they said the CNA had ordered that henceforth, they should pay from October. I know a few others in the Deputy Speaker’s office that are affected.“We resumed in June, we got our letters (of appointment) on July 29. They later withdrew the letters. I was placed at Grade Level 16 Step 9. They later issued another letter and I was placed on the Consolidated Tertiary Institutions Salary Structure which is higher than the first one.It was dated September 25, meanwhile the letter should have been dated July. Instead of them to start the payment from the day I resumed work, they paid me based on the second letter they issued.”

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