ABUJA—SENATE President, Bukola Saraki, appears to be currently in a state of confusion, as his plans to considerably reduce the salaries and allowances of senators apparently hit a brick wall yesterday.

Saraki had, in his early days as Senate President, hinted that his leadership would review downward, the perceived bogus salaries and allowances of senators, saying his decision was in line with the mood of the nation.

The Senate President had constituted an ad-hoc committee on the review of the finance of the Senate for the purposes of cutting cost of governance through downward review of salaries and allowances of senators.

After weeks of deliberations the 10-man committee, chaired by Senator James Manager, PDP Delta South, submitted its report to the senate last week Thursday with recommendations on a slight reduction in the salaries and allowances of senators.

The report, according to a source, recommended a 10 per cent cut in the allowances and salaries of all senators. The report which was to be openly debated on the floor of the Senate yesterday for possible adoption, was stood down for further legislative input after about two hours of closed door session by all the senators on it.

At the resumption of sitting yesterday, Senator Saraki following a closed door session, said that senators agreed to step down the report for further legislative input without giving any reason. But some senators, who later spoke to Vanguard on the issue on the condition that their names must be kept secret, said the report was stood down due to its total rejection by the majority of the senators.

Senators it was learnt, warned that the matter must be cautiously handled. One senator said that though majority of the senators agreed that funny allowances like the monthly N42,000 wardrobe allowance should be cancelled or cut off completely but that many reasoned that substantive statutory emoluments should be sustained in the face of increasing financial requests from constituents and other Nigerians on daily basis.

He said: “Yes, as recommended by the committee, all senators agreed that there must be openness in the Senate budget and by extension, all beneficiary organs of the National Assembly but at the same time, many reasoned that why should we further reduce our budget when already, N30billion has been reduced from the traditional N150 billion that it used to be for all the seven different organs of the National Assembly.

“All of us have people in our constituencies and financial requests from them keep pilling up on daily basis, the reality of which made steps to be redirected, otherwise, some of us may stop coming here.”

However, the Chairman, Senate Ad- Hoc committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Dino Melaye, APC, Kogi West, at a media briefing, explained that the stepping down of the report was done in order to carry the House of Representatives and other organs of the National Assembly along.

According to him, the budget of the Senate was not independent of the entire National Assembly.
He said: “The Senate today, in closed door session, discussed the report of the ad hoc Committee on finances of the Senate, and after due deliberations by the senators, we came to the conclusion that since the budget of the Senate is not independent of the budget of the National Assembly, where the budget of the House of Representatives is also inclusive.

“We have the management, we have the NILS, we have even the Public Accounts, we also have the National Assembly Civil Service Commission, we have agreed that we should consult amongst other arms that share the budget of the NASS, with the House of Representatives before we would draw a conclusion on the report.

So, the resolution is that we are going to interface with the House of Representatives so that we can be on the same page on the report as presented. This is the resolution of the Senate today in closed door session’

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/saraki-in-quandary-as-senators-reject-pay-cut/

lalasticlala

Are the senator hungry?? NO
do they lack clothing?? NO

The wardrobe allowance should first be cancel for it is inconsequential to me or is it not these SIN-A-tor that will use the wardrobe allowance to carry olosho.

To those senators using financial requests from people in their constituencies as an excuse should know that people in their constituecies will also understand that this is not 2014, this is 2015 and things have changed.

These people should know that other senators in other country are surviving without all this emolument so there is no need to bellyache.

A leader is call to serve oh and to serve with everything he/she has and moreso is it not because of the sweet cake and juice you normally get from all this post that makes the country politics a DO or DIE. The moment the country makes it less attractive then we will know maybe you lot will still stick your neck out.

Continue eating Oil money....one day it will all end...you will all eat yourselves..

Counting down.

Greedy and selfish bunch of people. Paedophile, Rapists, Thugs, Thieves, Ritualists. Politicians are hoes, they ve no interest of the masses.

Before nko?
My senator has promised to donate half of his salary to my youth group.
if he takes salary cut, wetin him go give us?

Space bookers above, make una go abuja go buy land.
Meanwhile y are des legislators so stingy. They have pple in der constituencies. People like who?
There babes
There babes
And there babes
Dats all

Senator,reduce im salary?4 wat? No b 4 Naija...

thieves they are

Some of these senators are suppose to be paying back money to the country.
There is, may be, none of them that hasn't stolen enough money for their next three generation.
Among them we have 2 to 4 - term senator, former governors, former members of house of rep., former ministers of the federation.
I am not sure of there is any of them that worth less than 1 billion naira.
Why cant they give something back?
They all bled the country into coma and for them to donate a pint of blood to keep the country alive, it is a problem.

On the judgement day, God will not allow Nigerian politicians to say a word before he send them into hell.

Senators succumb to salary deduction? Na lie.

Watch next session; how they will come with heavy list on how they dash out money to their constituency. Still an average common man is living in poverty.

These thugs will equally quote the starsh cash they used in their various campaigns.

Afteral, Money was the main essence they went up there.

To see that the change chanters are in majority marvels me. Change indeed. All man to his pocket oh Israel.

Even if you later agree to reduce your salaries by 10%, i don't agree with that until you reduce it by 50% that is when i know you have something to do for nigerians .


After all ,you contribute alot of downfall to our economy.

Where is Ben Murray Bruce

yrret:
Senators succumb to salary deduction? Na lie.

Watch next session; how they will come with heavy list on how they dash out money to their constituency. Still an average common man is living in poverty.

These thugs will equally quote the starsh cash they used in their various campaigns.

Afteral, Money was the main essence they went up there.

Abi oh my brother almost all of them went up there becasue of the money. It is high time the country makes all this political post less attractive.

Like.. President and VP earning 200naira monthly and The senators earning 100naira monthly... Then we will be able to identify the true leaders...

Lalasticlala.... FP

They will always reject such a move. Its all about the money for them. Not what they have to offer the electorates.

Thieves, Y didn't u consider d other arm of d NASS b4 un enter deliberation

[b]Ben Murray Bruce has suddenly gone deaf and dumb with all his publicity stunt over pay cut of Senators. Unfortunately, Gullible and Brainwashed Nigerians have been scammed with this "CHANGE" mantra! There's nothing new about this administration! Same old criminals, thieves, kleptomaniacs or what have you? We all forgot so soon that the sames old thieves that made up the Defunct PDP are still the same thieves in APC! So ask yourself where's the change you brainwashed folks keep chanting up and down? What's new about this administration? All these APC big wigs were part of those that ruined this country under PDP but decamped to APC just for their selfish Interest! our supposedly honourable lawmakers ranks among the Highest paid in the entire world! Yet, they can't comfortably accept a paltry 10 percent pay cut! Truth is, for Buhari to successfully curb corruption in this country, charity must begin at Home! Yes! We agree that there are bad eggs that needs to be eradicated! But how about the Hens laying this eggs? That's the problem with this country![/b]

Dino maleye is a wife batterer , i wonder what he is doing in that senate house.. God help Africans... btw... There salaries should be slashed 50% because we all know a quarter of it is spent on girlfriends and assistant girlfriends , Nigerian's needs it more than ever as not all of us have vagin** to offer.....


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The easy money going to these senators for doing nothing is so much that if there are no massive protests at the national assembly, they will never bulge. .

They invested so much money(stolen) just to get that seat, for them;it's time to harvest.

Regardless the political party,they are one and the same; Polithivescians

The committee recommended just 10% cut of there salaries and allowance when it should be like 50% cut and they still refused.
We are doomed in this country. All I need is one Napalm bomb to drop in NASS to free my country from the hands of those old selfish greedy armed robbers there!

What Nonsense!

50% cut and removal of certain allowances uf they don't Like it they can leave, I will gladly fill one of the slots

wapSmart:
ABUJA—SENATE President, Bukola Saraki, appears to be currently in a state of confusion, as his plans to considerably reduce the salaries and allowances of senators apparently hit a brick wall yesterday.

Saraki had, in his early days as Senate President, hinted that his leadership would review downward, the perceived bogus salaries and allowances of senators, saying his decision was in line with the mood of the nation.

The Senate President had constituted an ad-hoc committee on the review of the finance of the Senate for the purposes of cutting cost of governance through downward review of salaries and allowances of senators.

After weeks of deliberations the 10-man committee, chaired by Senator James Manager, PDP Delta South, submitted its report to the senate last week Thursday with recommendations on a slight reduction in the salaries and allowances of senators.

The report, according to a source, recommended a 10 per cent cut in the allowances and salaries of all senators. The report which was to be openly debated on the floor of the Senate yesterday for possible adoption, was stood down for further legislative input after about two hours of closed door session by all the senators on it.

At the resumption of sitting yesterday, Senator Saraki following a closed door session, said that senators agreed to step down the report for further legislative input without giving any reason. But some senators, who later spoke to Vanguard on the issue on the condition that their names must be kept secret, said the report was stood down due to its total rejection by the majority of the senators.

Senators it was learnt, warned that the matter must be cautiously handled. One senator said that though majority of the senators agreed that funny allowances like the monthly N42,000 wardrobe allowance should be cancelled or cut off completely but that many reasoned that substantive statutory emoluments should be sustained in the face of increasing financial requests from constituents and other Nigerians on daily basis.

He said: “Yes, as recommended by the committee, all senators agreed that there must be openness in the Senate budget and by extension, all beneficiary organs of the National Assembly but at the same time, many reasoned that why should we further reduce our budget when already, N30billion has been reduced from the traditional N150 billion that it used to be for all the seven different organs of the National Assembly.

“All of us have people in our constituencies and financial requests from them keep pilling up on daily basis, the reality of which made steps to be redirected, otherwise, some of us may stop coming here.”

However, the Chairman, Senate Ad- Hoc committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Dino Melaye, APC, Kogi West, at a media briefing, explained that the stepping down of the report was done in order to carry the House of Representatives and other organs of the National Assembly along.

According to him, the budget of the Senate was not independent of the entire National Assembly.
He said: “The Senate today, in closed door session, discussed the report of the ad hoc Committee on finances of the Senate, and after due deliberations by the senators, we came to the conclusion that since the budget of the Senate is not independent of the budget of the National Assembly, where the budget of the House of Representatives is also inclusive.

“We have the management, we have the NILS, we have even the Public Accounts, we also have the National Assembly Civil Service Commission, we have agreed that we should consult amongst other arms that share the budget of the NASS, with the House of Representatives before we would draw a conclusion on the report.

So, the resolution is that we are going to interface with the House of Representatives so that we can be on the same page on the report as presented. This is the resolution of the Senate today in closed door session’

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/saraki-in-quandary-as-senators-reject-pay-cut/

The appropriate thing would have been for the relevant agency vested with the responsibilities of determining the salaries and allowances of the legislators undertake the action otherwise leaving it to the legislators would only amount to SELF-MEDICATION with attendant inimical effects.

Therefore, if this administration really meant its promise on reducing the cost of governance it ought to, if has not already done so, prevail on the relevant commission to regulating the salaries and allowances of not only the legislators but other government functionaries.

After all, workers in other sectors have been compelled by their employers to accept salary pay cuts in varying percentages.

What is the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMFAC waiting for?

It would be most appropriate if someone can just arrange an effective bomb while they gather for their usual rambling in the house.

We do not have legislators what we have is legislooters.

OKay, Kontinu. Corruption is inborn and it is passed from family to family.

'Corruption has no ethnic group,no religion and no political party'- President Buhari, 9th August, 2015

Why will the senators not behave un patrotic when the foundation of this current senate is built on false faulty election and corrupt means!!!!

Oh why