The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has said that the National Assembly would guarantee the welfare of its staff.
He made the remark at the 9th National and States Assembly Service Commissions Conference held in Abuja on Wednesday.
The conference was organised by the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC).
Declaring the conference open, Akpabio, who was represented by Sen. Danjuma Goje (APC-Gombe) said that the national assembly management was not unmindful of the welfare of the staff.
“I know the welfare issues you are battling with. But be rest assured that the 10th National Assembly has your back.
“Staff welfare will be supported by the assembly,” Akpabio said.
He said that in classical theory, the main role of parliament was to make new laws and change or improve old laws.
“But inclusively, we will not only make laws, change or improve old laws, we will make people, we will empower people.
“We will continue to support the training, retraining and capacity building of our staff. Charity is expected to begin at home.
“So, let’s have a team spirit and make our country proud, let us invest our time and energy into providing the best support for our legislators.
“This is so that hereafter, posterity will look back at the 10th National Assembly and State Assemblies and say truly, this was a turning point in our lawmaking in our country.”
