The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, South-East Forum has kicked against the sealing-off of the Union’s national Secretariat at Yaba, Lagos State.
DAILY POST reports that the leadership crisis rocking the Association took a turn for the worst on Monday, as the police took over the Union’s national Secretariat.
Speaking after their meeting in Enugu on Wednesday, the South-East Forum of the Association blamed the crisis on an expelled leadership of the Union.
They frowned at the forceful take-over of the secretariat and called on the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Baba Usman, to with immediate effect, order the Lagos State police commissioner to reopen the secretariat or face a possible mass protest by the entire members of the Association from all the States of the Federation, including the FCT.
A 5-point communique issued at the end of the deliberations was signed by the Zonal Secretary, Comrade Chukwuma Igbokwe Chukwuma and the five State
chairmen and secretaries.
The Association threw their weight behind the Association’s leadership, led by Dr. Tommy Etim Okon and urged them to take measures to ensure that the allegedly expelled former president, Innocent Bola Audu and his group were dealt with accordingly.
“The entire membership of the Association in the South-East reaffirms their vote of confidence on the leadership of the Association ably led by Dr. Tommy Etim Okon as President and Alade Bashir Lawal, Secretary and all the Central Working Committee, CWC, members,” the communique read.
They claimed that, “Innocent Bola Audu does not have any chapter or branch chairmen or State secretaries in support of his movement, rather he has recruited hoodlums and some disengaged staff that were duly paid their retirement benefits to disrupt the Association’s activities.”
