Senate Passes Bill To Extend Retirement Age Of NASS Staff

The Senate has passed a Bill that seeks to add five years to the retirement age of staff of the National Assembly Service.

The Bill titled: “A Bill for an Act to Make Provisions for the Retirement Age of Staff of National Assembly Service and for Other Related Matters, 2024,” was  transmitted to the Senate from the House of Representatives.

For better understanding the bill was last week stepped down by the Red Chamber to allow for further consultation and while reintroducing the Bill, Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, said the needed consultations had been done and the Bill was now fit for passage.

Meanwhile, the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), in a statement in Abuja endorsed the Bill.

If the Bill is signed into law, staff of the National Assembly Service would now retire at age 65 years instead of 60 years and 40 years in service instead of 35 years.