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The 35 Senators Who Have No Bills In 2yrs Despite N13 B In Earnings by ochejoseph(m): 7:39am On Jul 22, 2013 |
35 senators have no Bills in two years to show for over N13b in earnings Posted by Bunno Esdiake Despite receiving more than N13 billion in salaries, allowances and benefits that clearly positions members of the Nigerian Senate as the world’s best paid lawmakers, at least 35 serving senators have not listed a single Bill in their name since taking office in 2011, an investigation by The Nigerian Telegraph has shown. Between 2011 and June 2013, each senator drew about N 400 million in salaries, allowances, and self-allocated bonuses, according to details of lawmakers’ allowances, as well as listed earnings for federal lawmakers stipulated by the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). For the 35 members, the sum for two years totals N 13.2 billion, and N41 billion for all 109 members. But while a majority of the lawmakers have made fair efforts at delivering in their primary lawmaking duties, sponsoring at least one Bill between June 2011 and June 2013, 35 of them have posted not one. In that duration, 74 senators, an impressive figure relative to past years, sponsored and followed through with a minimum of at least one legislation apiece. A few presented more than a dozen Bills, with the Senate Majority Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba(PDP, Cross River), sponsoring the highest number, 25. Other Senators, each with a minimum of 10 Bills are Ben Ayade (PDP Cross Rivers state) – 18 Bills; Ita Enang, (PDP Akwa Ibom) – 13 Bills; Dominic Obende, (ACN Edo) – 12 Bills; Smart Adeyemi, (PDP Kogi) – 11 Bills; and Ifeanyi Okowa, (PDP Delta) – 11 Bills. At the bottom of the ranking are two states – Zamfara and Borno – with none of their Senators presenting a single Bill in two years. The figures, provided by the Senate’s Business and Rules committee, which catalogues each member’s legislative activities from Bills, motions to petitions, appear a fresh justification for Nigerians’ perennial concern about how much their representatives at the National Assembly actually deliver to justify their huge annual earnings. Each Senator, according to RMAFC, is entitled to N 8.2 million annually or N683,000 monthly as salaries. This salaries are exclusive of allowances such as estacodes, cars and furniture. But the comprehensive compensation runs far higher into several millions per quarter of a year, as the legislators also approve what they call “running cost” to themselves. For “running cost”, each senator currently draws N 45 million quarterly – about N180 million annually, in addition to the “meagre” salary. Lawmakers, weary of the public’s outrage over their pay, are often quick to cite the few hundreds of thousands monthly as nothing exceptional or deserving of the aggressive attention they receive. But despite the huge pay, quite little has been delivered on legislation since 2011, according to the Business and Rules committee. In all, 342 Bills have been presented to the Senate within the period; many of them, however, are non-member Bills sent either by the executive, for example, budget bills; or forwarded by the House of Representatives for concurrence. Of that number, only 28 bills have been fully passed by the Senate. Again, out of that of number, 20 are executive-sponsored. So, effectively, senators have only delivered fully on eight bills after drawing over N 41 billion in earnings since 2011. The eight bills comprise of two each from Ndoma-Egba, and the deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, (Enugu State); and one apiece from Chris Anyanwu (Imo State); Paulinus Igwe (Imo State); Uche Chukwumerije (Abia State); and Dahiru Kuta, (Niger State). The Business and Rules Committee chair, Ita Enang, said the apparently low output notwithstanding, the Senate recorded “tremendous achievements” with landmark bills in its first half of two years. Some of the “landmark” Bills are Occupational Safety and Health Bill (Anyanwu); Court of Appeal amendment Bill (Ndoma-Egba); Act Authentication amendment Act (Igwe); Retirement Age of Staff of Polytechnics and Colleges of Education (Chukwumerije), Hyperdec Act amendment Bill (Kuta); Federal High Court Bill (Ekweremadu); Prisons repeal and re-enactment Act (Ndoma-Egba), and State of the Nation Address Bill (Ekweremadu). The two relatively important Bills passed by the Senate and which could be considered landmark – Terrorism and Money Laundering amendment acts – are executive sponsored. The lawmakers argue that besides Bills, the Senate has also delivered on other functions including motions and resolutions on pressing national issues, confirmation of appointments, as well as oversight duties on the other arms of government. Those without Bills in two years, as analysed by The Nigerian Telegraph, based on figures from the Senate committee on Business and Rules are: State Senator 1. Adamawa 1. Bindo Jibrilla (PDP) 2. Anambra 2. Chris Ngige (ACN)3. John Okechukwuemeka (PDP) 3. Bauchi 4. Abdul Ahmed Ningi (PDP)5. Babayo Garba Gamawa (PDP) 4. Benue 6. David Mark (PDP)7. George Akume (ACN) 5. Borno 8. Ahmed Zanna (PDP)9. Maina Maaji Lawan (ANPP) 10. Mohammed Ali Ndume (PDP) 6. Ebonyi 11. Christopher Nwankwo (PDP)12. Sonni Ogbuoji (PDP) 7. Gombe 13. Mohammed Danjuma Goje (PDP) 8. Jigawa 14. Abdulaziz Usman (PDP) 9. Kaduna 15. Ahmed Makarfi16. Mohammed Saleh (CPC) 10. Kano 17. Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya (ANPP) 11. Katsina 18. Abubakar Sadiq Yar’Adua (CPC) 12. Kebbi 19. Mohammed Magoro (PDP) 13. Nasarawa 20. Yusuf Musa Nagogo (CPC)21. Suleiman Asonya Adokwe (PDP) 14. Ogun 22. Olugbenga Onaolapo Obadara (ACN) 15. Ondo 23. Robert Ajayi Boroffice (LP)24. Boluwaji Kunlere (LP) 16. Osun 25. Olusola Adeyeye (ACN) 17. Oyo 26. Hosea Ayoola Agbola (PDP) 18. Rivers 27. Magnus Ngei Abe (PDP) 19. Sokoto 28. Ahmed Muhammad Maccido (PDP) 20. Taraba 29. Aisha Jummai (PDP)30. Abubakar Umar Tutare (PDP) 21. Yobe 31. Bukar Ibrahim (ANPP)32. Alkali Abdulkadir Jajere (ANPP) 22. Zamfara 33. Ahmad Sani Yerima (ANPP)34. Kabir Garba Marafa (ANPP)35. Sahabi Alhaji Yaú (PDP) Total number of Bills……342 Executive Bills to Senate…….41 House Bills to Senate…………23 (This figure does not include all House Bills, but those passed and sent to the Senate for concurrence) Senate’s own Bills (ALL)…..273 1 Like |
Re: The 35 Senators Who Have No Bills In 2yrs Despite N13 B In Earnings by AustineE1: 8:23am On Jul 22, 2013 |
...still on IMO senators,good job! |
Re: The 35 Senators Who Have No Bills In 2yrs Despite N13 B In Earnings by Dreal1247: 8:31am On Jul 22, 2013 |
Yerima sponsored a bill 4 girl child marriage. |
Re: The 35 Senators Who Have No Bills In 2yrs Despite N13 B In Earnings by mkpakanaodogwu(m): 8:32am On Jul 22, 2013 |
Monumental waste of public fund |
Re: The 35 Senators Who Have No Bills In 2yrs Despite N13 B In Earnings by asha80(m): 8:36am On Jul 22, 2013 |
hehe lol at chris ngige.not suprised he is among the 35 senators. |
Re: The 35 Senators Who Have No Bills In 2yrs Despite N13 B In Earnings by Ngwakwe: 8:48am On Jul 22, 2013 |
You mean all Abia Senators have sponsored one bill or more? Then, I am yet to see the effect of their membership in the Senate except for Chukwumerije. |
Re: The 35 Senators Who Have No Bills In 2yrs Despite N13 B In Earnings by alaoeri: 8:52am On Jul 22, 2013 |
Bunch of i support the motion. |
Re: The 35 Senators Who Have No Bills In 2yrs Despite N13 B In Earnings by dridowu: 8:54am On Jul 22, 2013 |
They are their 4 i second the motion. Shameless politician |
Re: The 35 Senators Who Have No Bills In 2yrs Despite N13 B In Earnings by vizboy(m): 8:57am On Jul 22, 2013 |
CANT STOP LAUGH. ALL THESE OUR PEN ROBBERS WOULDNT KILL ME WITH LAUGH.
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Re: The 35 Senators Who Have No Bills In 2yrs Despite N13 B In Earnings by blueheart(m): 9:00am On Jul 22, 2013 |
mkpakana odogwu: Monumental waste of public fund Seconded |
Re: The 35 Senators Who Have No Bills In 2yrs Despite N13 B In Earnings by Adejoro74: 9:03am On Jul 22, 2013 |
Ngwakwe: You mean all Abia Senators have sponsored one bill or more? Then, I am yet to see the effect of their membership in the Senate except for Chukwumerije.Chukwumerije is very productive in the Senate |
Re: The 35 Senators Who Have No Bills In 2yrs Despite N13 B In Earnings by BrokenTV: 9:07am On Jul 22, 2013 |
Ngige is wasting is time there, am sure that if Dora Akunyili have gone there she would have sponsored some bill. Ngige is only good in administration, |
Re: The 35 Senators Who Have No Bills In 2yrs Despite N13 B In Earnings by BrokenTV: 9:12am On Jul 22, 2013 |
Ngige should leave that anger party and join apga if that is possible for him and run for the governorship election. |
Re: The 35 Senators Who Have No Bills In 2yrs Despite N13 B In Earnings by Nobody: 9:39am On Jul 22, 2013 |
Must every senetor sponsor a bill no matter how useless it is or supporting or disagreeing with one, considering how it will affect the people he/she represents should be the issue here? |
Re: The 35 Senators Who Have No Bills In 2yrs Despite N13 B In Earnings by Sec5(m): 9:41am On Jul 22, 2013 |
Austine.E: Paulinus Igwe is rep Ebonyi central not imo as alleged by the uninformed OP. |
Re: The 35 Senators Who Have No Bills In 2yrs Despite N13 B In Earnings by Nobody: 10:04am On Jul 22, 2013 |
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Re: The 35 Senators Who Have No Bills In 2yrs Despite N13 B In Earnings by oladayo042: 10:33am On Jul 22, 2013 |
Dreal1247: Yerima sponsored a bill 4 girl child marriage.That's incorrect. Yerima opposed an amendment to make child marriage illegal. Most of these 'sinators' would rather be chit-chatting when their colleagues are raising Bills and just mumble some "ays" and "nays" at the right (or wrong) time. |
Re: The 35 Senators Who Have No Bills In 2yrs Despite N13 B In Earnings by costan306(m): 10:39am On Jul 22, 2013 |
all those bills hv nt been implemented except 4 yerima |
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