Senate President, Bukola Saraki has ordered for a comprehensive audit of staff in the employment of the National Assembly.

Saraki made this known in a letter to the Clerk to the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori tagged “Carrying out a comprehensive human resource audit in the National Assembly”.

In the letter signed by his Chief of Staff, Senator Isa Galaudu, he explained that it was important to conduct the audit, to verify the skills, efficiency and motivation of the staff.

The letter reads: “We have made commendable strides in our continuous endeavor to attain the goals set out in the legislative agenda of the 8th National Assembly. We however must continue to deploy clear strategies that meet the challenges facing this institution and capitalize 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 organizational 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.”