{"id":17229,"date":"2025-09-23T22:52:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T22:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=17229"},"modified":"2025-09-23T22:52:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T22:52:21","slug":"ascsn-lagos-branch-rejects-purported-tuc-delegates-election-calls-for-redeployment-of-abiodun-aladetan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/23\/ascsn-lagos-branch-rejects-purported-tuc-delegates-election-calls-for-redeployment-of-abiodun-aladetan\/","title":{"rendered":"ASCSN Lagos Branch Rejects Purported TUC Delegates Election, Calls for Redeployment of Abiodun Aladetan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), Lagos State Branch, has rejected the recent delegates election of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in the state, describing it as a violation of constitutional provisions and electoral guidelines.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17231 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5846df3b-17f8-407b-80c3-759a4f080840-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5846df3b-17f8-407b-80c3-759a4f080840-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5846df3b-17f8-407b-80c3-759a4f080840-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5846df3b-17f8-407b-80c3-759a4f080840-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5846df3b-17f8-407b-80c3-759a4f080840-640x360.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5846df3b-17f8-407b-80c3-759a4f080840.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At a Special Emergency Delegates Conference held on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at the Combo Hall 1 of the LTV 8 premises, Ikeja, members of the Lagos ASCSN passed key resolutions aimed at restoring order and integrity to the union\u2019s activities.<\/p>\n<p>In a communiqu\u00e9 issued at the end of the meeting, the conference condemned the role of Comrade Abiodun Aladetan, a non-financial member, who was declared chairman in what it termed a \u201ckangaroo election\u201d conducted in breach of TUC guidelines. The delegates maintained that the development had brought \u201cshame and embarrassment\u201d to the union and, therefore, demanded Aladetan\u2019s immediate redeployment from the Lagos branch.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17232 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/332dc5b6-945b-463d-98ab-107fa2dbbb08-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/332dc5b6-945b-463d-98ab-107fa2dbbb08-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/332dc5b6-945b-463d-98ab-107fa2dbbb08-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/332dc5b6-945b-463d-98ab-107fa2dbbb08-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/332dc5b6-945b-463d-98ab-107fa2dbbb08-640x360.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/332dc5b6-945b-463d-98ab-107fa2dbbb08.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The conference further resolved to distance itself from the purported TUC delegates election held on September 18, 2025, citing non-compliance with the constitution, rules, and electoral regulations.<\/p>\n<p>As part of its resolutions, the conference unanimously endorsed Comrade Olusegun Rahmon Balogun as a qualified candidate for the TUC Chairmanship position, affirming that his candidature aligns with the association\u2019s constitution and electoral guidelines.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17233 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/03fc74aa-ae00-4776-87f6-c48e26bfa01a-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/03fc74aa-ae00-4776-87f6-c48e26bfa01a-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/03fc74aa-ae00-4776-87f6-c48e26bfa01a-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/03fc74aa-ae00-4776-87f6-c48e26bfa01a-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/03fc74aa-ae00-4776-87f6-c48e26bfa01a-640x360.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/03fc74aa-ae00-4776-87f6-c48e26bfa01a.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The delegates also stressed the need for strict adherence to constitutional provisions in future elections, urging the national leadership of the union to take necessary action to implement the resolutions.<\/p>\n<p>The communiqu\u00e9 was signed by Comrade Olusegun Balogun, Chairman of ASCSN Lagos State Branch; Comrade Jimoh Rotimi Monsuru, representative of the delegates; and Comrade Olusegun Kadiri, coordinator of the delegate conference.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), Lagos State Branch, has rejected the recent delegates election of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-from-the-grassroots"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17235,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17229\/revisions\/17235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}