ASCSN:Northern Forum condemns invasion of national secretariat

UFOMBA UZUEGBU

Senior Civil Servants in the 19 Northern States of the Federation have condemned the invasion of the National Secretariat of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria  (ASCSN) by an expelled member and former President of the union,Bola-Audu Innocent in the company of some retired staff and suspected hoodlums Monday,  August 22 2022.

In a statement issued in Kaduna yesterday  (August 23)  signed  by the Chairman of the Northern Forum of the Association,Comrade Shehu Mohammed and the Secretary, Comrade Antonia Pamson and made available to Daily Champion, the union members regretted that instead of exhausting the court processes he initiated on the matter, Bola- Audu  had elected to resort to thuggery and extra judiciary means to return to power.

“Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria is made up of the cream of educated, knowledgeable  and civilized members in the Public Service of the Federal and 36 State Governments that cherish due process and decorum in managing the affairs of the union

“If Bola-Audu believes in deploying violence as a strategy to lead the Association, who are those  Senior Civil Servants that will embrace his gangsterism and brigandage as tools for trade union practices in the 21st century, “they wondered

They recalled that Bola-Audu was made to step aside in March last year by the National Executive Council of the Association after he was arrested by the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons  and exploitation of vulnerable persons.

According to the Labour leaders,while the leadership of the Association was exploring informal  channels to see how he could  be given a soft landing by the authorities, Bola-Audu invaded the National Secretariat Annex of the union in Abuja and indulged in all manner of Constitutional breeches, forcing the Association to expel him from the union in August,last year.

The  Labour leaders emphasized that Bola-Audu and his cohorts would be held solely responsible if any staff of the union at the National Secretariat in Lagos and Abuja was harmed in any way.

They accordingly warned Bola-Audu and his gang to stear clear of the National Secretariat  of the Association in Lagos and Abuja so that the union  could continue to pursue the welfare of its teeming members throughout the country as it had been doing over the decades.

The Northern labour leaders passed a vote of confidence on the National President of the Association, Comrade Tommy Etim Okon and the Secretary -General, Alade Bashir Lawal and enjoined them to remain steadfast and continue to defend the union.