WHAT THINKING OF ----------------------- In Nigeria, democracy has been restored many decades ago, with so much hopes and expectations by the people. For instance, it is assumed that with democracy, people would be free to choose their leaders and representatives and hold them accountable for the overall objective of fast tracking development and improving the general living condition of the masses. But, why would they subscribe to keeping their outrageous fees to themselves in official/legal allocations as well as in multiple logistics operation? The fees ascribed to Members of the House of Reps in Nigeria as well as Senators are slightly less than 1 million a day. The Senate President is reported to be earning N250 million quarterly or N83.33 million per month, while his deputy earns N50 million per month. The Senate has allocated N1.02 billion as quarterly allowance to its 10 principal officers, known collectively as Senate leadership. Each of the other principal officers earns N78 million every three months or N26 million per month. This tragic state of affairs is clearly unsustainable. Those engaged in this feeding frenzy are endangering our democracy. It is outrageous, especially in an economy where the poverty incidence is 76 percent, where 76 out of every 100 people live below N150 per day, there is no justification to what the law makers, political officeholders, governors, council chairmen and councilors are earning. We need a system change. By calculations alone, we should denounce this and ask them to reduce this by 50%; we will be saving close to #320billion in four years. That alone will create great jobs for the graduate; through building infrastructure, Agriculture research and other investments.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 09:02:13 +0000
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