Worried by imbalance in the recruitment of staff among the six geopolitical zones in the country, the Senate committee on federal character and inter governmental affairs has sought for statistical distribution of personnel at the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC).
The committee bemoaned the skewed distribution of recruitment against some geopolitical zones, and consequently ordered for the list of state by state recruitment over the years.
Speaking at an interactive session with the management of the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) on Wednesday in Abuja, the chairman of Senate committee on federal character and inter governmental affairs, Senator Allwell Onyesoh (Rivers East) said disparities in the recruitment at NASC was unacceptable.
Specifically, Onyesoh sought for balanced representation in line with federal character principles and as enshrined in the constitution.
“We are committed to ensuring that all zones receive fair employment opportunities, as mandated by our constitution.
“This imbalance must be addressed to maintain national unity and trust in our federal system” Onyesoh said.
Earlier, the chairman of NASC, Engineer Ahmed Amshi said the commission last recruitment was in 2018, saying it was waiting for the Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA) to declare vacancies in the National Assembly.
According to Amshi, the total staff strength stood at 3721. He said the distribution by geopolitical zones are: 1024 (North Central), 564 (North west), 474 (North east), 592 (South East), 631 (South South) and 436 (South west).
He added that catchment advantage gave higher percentage to the north Central.
But apparently dissatisfied with the presentation, the committee said there are 774 local government areas in Nigeria. “We want you to take us to the LGAs, we will like to have the list”.
