By Wuraola OyedokunÂ
The Congress of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (CSCSN), on Thursday, congratulated the re-elected President of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN),Comrade Bola Innocent Audu and his team on their re-election as executives of the association.
This was contained in a statement made available to journalists by the Publicity Secretary of the union, Comrade Segun Olaogun.
The congress warned against disunity and division within the ranks of ASCSN.
The statement reads: “We the Congress of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria congratulates the re-elected President of ASCSN Comrade Bola Innocent Audu and his team and we wish them well in their endeavour to promote the wellbeing of our members.
“We noticed with disdain the information in the social media of the emergence of a splinter group a day after the popular elections of Comrade Bola Innocent Audu. ASCSN remains one and will not tolerate any form of factional leadership. We huge this unholy alliance to retrace their steps and not to plunge the union into further crisis.
“The judgement of the National Industrial Court,Abuja, is very clear, Comrade Bola Innocent Audu has been reinstated as the authentic and democratically elected President of ASCSN and by the tenets of our constitution, the President is to lead members of our union to the National Delegate Conference.
“We decry in strong terms the organisation of another election by some faceless elements with the intention to destabilise the union.
“We know the motivation behind this factional leadership, it is basically to frustrate the ongoing criminal investigation of massive fraud in the union already uncovered by the police.
“It is unheard off where suspended employees of the union will be giving directives to members of the union, employees already fingered in massive looting of the union and are already under investigation for fraud .
“We are aware that this gangsters are all part of those being investigated by the police alongside their sponsor Mr Alade Bashir Lawal , the embattled former secretary general of the union , who was disgraced from office and currently under the watchlist of anti corruption agencies, who has long eloped to Dubai and have refused to come back home and accounts for his many years of financial manipulations of the union.
“We know Alade Bashir Lawal is behind all the crisis in the Union with the intention to cover up all his misdeeds in the union but we know the long arm of the law will catch up with him. We urge Lawal, if he is man enough to come back home and submit himself for probe and eventually face the judiciary and let’s see if he won’t end up in jail.
“We urge all members of ASCSN to disregard this charlatans parading themselves as Comrades, they are all part of the criminal conspiracy and strategy of Lawal to cover up the billions of naira stolen over the years. No matter how long it will take, we know the ASCSN President remain committed to ensuring the conclusion of the investigation of looted union funds and subsequent return of all stolen money of the union.
“Members should please note that ASCSN has over five hundred thousand (500,000) members and with an average of #1.000 monthly check off dues per member, ASCSN has an average of five hundred million naira (₦500,000,000) monthly income.In the past ten years,An average of three hundred million naira ₦300,000,000 has been missing monthly in the union. There is God ooo and workers are suffering.
“No going back on the criminal investigation of fraud in ASCSN, God willing all those who stole our hard earned money will be brought to justice”.
ASCSN congress urged the National President of the union to go ahead with the ongoing criminal investigation of fraud in the union and not to be distracted.