Workers of the National Assembly are under tension as the Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has directed the management to conduct a comprehensive staff audit in the National Assembly.
According to a letter, dated December 16, 2016, from the Chief of Staff to the Senate President, Senator Isa Galaudu, to the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, the measure is aimed at verifying the skills, efficiency and motivation of the employees of the National Assembly.
“We have made commendable strides in our continuous endeavour to attain the goals set out in the legislative agenda of the 8th National Assembly,” the letter reads in part.
“We, however, must continue to deploy clear strategies that meet the challenges facing this institution and capitalise on the strengths that we possess.
“Even the best strategy will ultimately fail without the right people in the right places to execute it. Thus, it has become apparent that at this juncture one of the true challenges of the National Assembly is human capital.
“I hereby convey the decision of the President of the Senate that you carry out comprehensive Human Resource audit.
“You should kindly, therefore engage the services of a reputable consulting firm with adequate Human Resources expertise to carry out a complete review and produce a report verifying the skills, efficiency and motivation of the employees of the National Assembly.
“Expected outcome of this engagement is a detailed assessment of the nominal roll, succession plan and furthermore to identify possible vacancies, duplications, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, limitations, and developmental needs of the existing organisational structure of the National Assembly.
“The President of the Senate expects the assessment to be completed within 90 days and progress reports be submitted regularly until completion.”
THEWILL gathered that a Committee has been inaugurated in fulfilment of the audit while a consultant has been appointed to work closely with the Committee to ensure that the process is completed by the end of first quarter of 2017 with the submission of the final report.
