Reports say Nigeria Senate President Bukola Saraki has allegedly relieved several aides of their duties due to reasons yet to be made public.
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Senate President Bukola Saraki
According to DailyTrust correspondent, the Senate President Bukola Saraki has sacked his director of protocol,
head of administration and 96 others to scale down the number of his
aides.
Daily Trust reporter indicated that the affected aides have been issued sack
letters through the office of the Chief of staff, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed. It
was gathered that with the mass sack, Saraki’s aides have been reduced
from over 300 to a little above 200.
It should be recalled that Daily Trust had exclusively reported in March, 2016, how hundreds
of aides engaged by Saraki, the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Yakubu Dogara, the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and Deputy
Speaker, Yusuf Lasun weighed down the National Assembly.
An aide to Saraki told a correspondent that the last batch of the affected aides, were given their sack letters on Tuesday.
“They started last Wednesday and they have finished
distributing the letters on Tuesday. Out of the 300 aides, about 100
were affected. You know we have some of our colleagues that are based in
Kwara,” he said.
He said among those affected were the director of protocol, Arthur
Ndiwe and the head of administration, Mrs Folasade Adigun. It was also
gathered that the Special Adviser to Saraki on legal matters, Ibrahim
Tukur El-Sudi has also resigned.
Another source in Saraki’s office, who also confirmed the mass
sack, said majority of those affected were staff of the National
Assembly, who have been on secondment for over a decade.
The source who doesn’t want to be named said others who were
affected are those who were redundant and are not ‘adding value’ to the
system.
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