PASAN threatens whole shutdown of Taraba Assembly over unimplemented CONLESS

Workers of the Taraba State House of Assembly have threatened to embark on a recent indefinite strike on November 10, 2026, over the alleged failure of the state authorities and Assembly management to completely implement monetary autonomy and the Consolidated Legislative Salary Structure, CONLESS.

The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN, Taraba State Chapter, introduced the deliberate industrial motion in a discover issued by its State Executive Council following directives from the affiliation’s nationwide management.

The employees had launched into an indefinite strike on November 14, 2025, as a part of a nationwide motion to demand the total implementation of monetary autonomy and CONLESS throughout the 36 state Houses of Assembly.

According to PASAN, the strike has recorded vital progress in different states, with a number of state assemblies implementing CONLESS and passing and signing monetary autonomy payments into legislation.

However, the affiliation lamented that Taraba State remained behind in assembly the calls for, notably in comparison with different states within the North-East area.

PASAN stated its state management had continued to pursue dialogue as a method of resolving the dispute however expressed dissatisfaction with what it described because the insufficient response of the management of the Taraba State House of Assembly.

Consequently, the affiliation directed its members to begin a complete strike from midnight on Monday, November 9, 2026, with the motion anticipated to take full impact on Tuesday, November 10, if no concrete steps are taken to handle their grievances.

The deliberate industrial motion will contain the closure of all the Assembly Complex and the Taraba State House of Assembly Commission, successfully shutting down all actions throughout the establishments.

The affiliation additionally urged its members to stay united, peaceable and law-abiding whereas awaiting additional directives from its State Executive Council.

State chairman, Comrade Hamidu Buba, alongside different officers of the affiliation, stated the deliberate strike is coming barely hours after studying that actions had been paralysed in all 5 tertiary establishments within the state following an industrial motion by lecturers over the alleged failure of the state authorities to satisfy their calls for.

If the deliberate strike proceeds, the shutdown of the Assembly Complex and the House of Assembly Commission might additional disrupt legislative and administrative actions in Taraba State.