Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Thursday gave reason why some of aides were sacked.
He said that the sack was not targeted in anyway against inherited staff as being rumoured by some insiders within the National Assembly .
Saraki who spoke through his media Adviser, Yusuph Olaniyonu had laid off 98 out of over 200 aides working with him.
Despite claims that the sack was not targeted at inherited Staff from former Senate President, David Mark, however, the Director of Protocol, Arthur Ndiwe was laid off.
Ndiwe has spent a total of 10 years on the position, having served Mark for 8 years before continuing with Saraki in June 2015.
It was gathered that Saraki retained most of former President aides when he emerged as Senate President in order to stabilize.
Saraki disclosed that the sack affected both inherited and personally appointed staff .
He explained that the motive behind the exercise was nothing but efficiency in service delivery .
“The restructuring that has just taken place on the workforce in the office of the Senate President being reported as mass sack in the media, was meant to reposition the office for service delivery the outcome of which has affected three categories of staff in different ways.
“The first category are those that have been found capable and competent to continue with their job like all the entire members of the media unit.
“The second category are those earlier seconded from the National Assembly bureaucracy to serve in the office of the Senate President but now directed to go back to their civil service job like the head of Administration, Mrs Folashade Adigun.
“The third category are those whose services within the last two years were not all that satisfactory in the eye of the committee set up by the Senate President to carry out the repositioning exercise of his office ” , he explained.
It was also gathered that the Special Adviser to Saraki on legal matters, Ibrahim Tukur El-Sudi has also resigned.
Findings by our correspondent revealed the affected aides were given sack letters through the office of the Chief of staff, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed.
It was gathered that with the mass sack, Saraki’s aides have been reduced from over 300 to a little above 200.
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