By Suleiman Abubakar, Abuja
The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has express his displeasure over habitual practice of top bureaucrats in the National Assembly to remain in office after expiration of their service years.
Akpabio stated these when he had in audience the outgoing chairman and members of the national Assembly service commission in his office.
He said, Mr Chairman and members of the National Assembly Service Commission , your visit to me today , for formal notification of end of your tenure is one of mixed feelings .
Mixed feelings in the sense that it is sad to miss a very experience hand like you but at the same time , happy that you ended well after five years in office.
Akpabio stressed that since the chairman is handover to the secretary pending on when him the senate president and speaker of House of Representative make recommendations for the appointment of a new chairman and members, it’s important to itemize some of the shorts coming observed in the last few years.
The Senate President said, One of such shortcomings, is the reluctance on some Clerks either to the National Assembly , the Senate or House of Representatives , to exit office at expiration of their years of service.
He said Politicization of tenure or years of service of staff of the National Assembly are due to actions and inactions of NASC which must be stopped by sticking to provisions of letters of appointments issued. Refusal to proceed on terminal leave by some clerks , Secretaries or Directors , are clear cases of years of service elongation , which must be enforced by NASC.
Earlier , the outgoing Chairman of NASC , Engineer Ahmed Kadi Amshi told Senate President that he and five out of the six National Commissioners of the commission , will be ending their service on the 7th of February, 2025 , having assumed office on February 7, 2020 .
He said the commissioner representing South East in the commission , will remain in office till 14th October 2026, since he was appointed on the 15th October 2021.
