chocberry:
aha one senator finally spills. when i dey tell people our senators rake in 15m monthly they say its unverified

It is more, Emir of Kano said they take in 36million monthly just as salary, then i guess plus this 15million for running, then other allowances

I see why this is a do or die affair

Stallion93:
It is more, Emir of Kano said they take in 36million monthly just as salary, then i guess plus this 15million for running, then other allowances

While we are busy fighting based on our ethnic lines, these business men are scorning us, ripping us off. Anyone still fighting one another isn't wise, my enemies are the politicains and the political system being implemented

You just have to provide receipts.
Either genuine or counterfeit.

veekid:
Awon mophos!
Where re the data resellers in this ows?

Send a WhatsApp message. My digits is in my signature

chocberry:



While we are busy fighting based on our ethnic lines, these business men are scorning us, ripping us off. Anyone still fighting one another isn't wise, my enemies are the politicains and the political system being implemented

Sure! We haven't identified our problems yet that is why we can't collectively demand for a better life from those thieves in government. Just look around u and see youths Clamoring APC and PDP, graduates flocking churches thinking there's one spirit taking a dump on their future

You see now. After Dino melaye will be claiming some self righteousness

Stallion93:
Sure! We haven't identified our problems yet that is why we can't collectively demand for a better life from those thieves in government. Just look around u and see youths Clamoring APC and PDP, graduates flocking churches thinking there's on spirit taking a dump on their future

When i tell them this is the problem they want to beat me up @ We haven't identified our problems yet

It's simple, no public officer should be in charge of funds, he/she should maintain oversight of works etc but not money, there should be a committe that receives list of propjects that needs to be done and election should be made on projects to work on based on financial viability, emergency etc, while they only authorise projects. Something similar to how the american juducial system is being run. Until we get the right system, forget it

The system keeps manufacturing thieves, all politicians under the current structure is a thief even the best ones, i dre say it

The guy is being disingenuous, emphasizing the fact that the #13.5 million running cost have to be receipted. Any senator can come up with a bogus receipt of expenses, receipt no be paper?

You can now understand why politics in Nigeria is a violent game

chocberry:



While we are busy fighting based on our ethnic lines, these business men are scorning us, ripping us off. Anyone still fighting one another isn't wise, my enemies are the politicains and the political system being implemented

The problem is that those doing the actual fighting cannot read nor write. They are the core locals. They kill themselves over nothing.

Omeokachie:
How much is the salary of a professor?

I hope our youth who are hailing these people can understand what is going on.

The monies these people are spending is your money. They are not doing you a favour.
Hold their feet to the fire and demand accountability. It is your right.

But what we have is people defending these guys and asking them to continue even when they have clearly failed the nation.

-
We

planetx:
The guy is being disingenuous, emphasizing the fact that the #13.5 million running cost have to be receipted. Any senator can come up with a bogus receipt of expenses, receipt no be paper?

Not how it works, in government handling of contratcs companies are placed on a scale, so not just anyone companies can bid for projects, now, if you're a business man with 15 years business records, would you risk your existence to falsify a receipt? Secondly, any receipts that dont lead directly to a company can be termed a fraud and the senatortried for corruption

BIG MONEY AT THE NATIONAL HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ( SENATE AND HOUSE OF REP ) IS JUST THE POINT OF ATTRACTION

That is why our Legislators are not after public service but to fill their pocket at the expense of the suffering masses.

deji17:
Nigerian Senators Receive N13.5 Million 'Running Cost' Every Month - Shehu Sani


BY SAHARA REPORTERS,

NEW YORK

MAR 07, 2018

Mr Shehu Sani, Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly has revealed he and his colleagues received N13.5 million monthly as running cost.

The revelation by the Senator was the first time a member of the National Assembly will confirm speculations that Nigerian senators are earning N41.5 million quarterly as a running cost.

The Kaduna Senator who made the revelation in an interview he granted to TheNEWS magazine said the running cost was in addition to the over N700,000 monthly consolidated salary and allowances of each member of the Senate.

The Senator said, “I think what we can say is that the running cost of a senator is N13.5 million every month,” the Senator said in response to the question on alleged bogus salaries and allowances of Nigerian lawmakers.

Senator-Elect Shehu Sani, Kaduna Central
The Nation, Nigeria
According to him, while there is no specific instruction on what the fund should be used for, lawmakers must provide receipts to back up their expenses from the running costs. He added that the running cost is in addition to funds earmarked for each senator for constituency projects.

“But what I am saying is that that money (N13.5 million per month) must be receipted for what you do with it. But what you are given to go and spend without any accountability is N750,000.00.

“The constituency project itself is given on a zonal basis and almost every Senator will go with a constituency fund of about N200 million, but it is not the cash that is given to you.

“You will be told that you have N200 million with an agency of government for which you will now submit projects equivalent to that amount. And it is that agency of government that will go and do those projects for you.

“Now, the corruption comes when the projects are not done and the money is taken. But right now, it is difficult to do that because NGOs and transparency groups have come into it. They track every allocation made to you and where they are being used.

“So, it’s becoming difficult for what used to happen in the past to happen now.

“But I can tell you that I would love a situation where we do away with running costs, constituency projects and leaves senators and members of House of Reps with salaries.

‘And also, the public should be informed that nobody should come to any senator’s house asking for any kobo. That also would be helpful.

“There are issues that we need to understand. First, I don’t believe that members of the National or even state assemblies should be involved in carrying out what is called constituency projects.

“When people are elected into the National Assembly, they should just be involved in law making, raising motions, bills and also performing oversight functions. But we live in a society where people cannot differentiate between the legislators and the executive.

“When the people come to you, they want you to build roads, dig boreholes, build hospitals, schools, give money, pay school fees for them. Now, if we have a society in which people will stop asking legislators to do those things, then there is no need (for the allowances) But funny enough, if you are very active in the National Assembly in making laws and you don’t embark on projects in your constituency, you cannot in any way be appreciated by the people you are there to serve because the electorates in United States are different from the electorates in the United States and Africa.

“We live in an underdeveloped society with a lot of poverty, misery and wants. What people want is for you to address those basic fundamental issues that affects their lives.

“If we can be done with that, it would be okay. Now, you are talking of bogus salaries and bogus allowances – there are three steps you need to consider – the first has to do with the fact when you represent the people, expectations arose from your immediate and the larger constituencies.

“But I agree with you that the salaries and allowances of lawmakers should not be discreet, but what is discreet about it when you can write to Resource and Fiscal Mobilization Commission to get everything about what a senator earns?

“The only money you are not expected to account for is your salary and the salary of a senator is about N750, 000.00 per month. The other one, the running cost of office must be accounted for. You must provide a receipt for every expense you make."

http://saharareporters.com/2018/03/07/nigerian-senators-receive-n135-million-running-cost-every-month-shehu-sani

deji17:
Nigerian Senators Receive N13.5 Million 'Running Cost' Every Month - Shehu Sani


BY SAHARA REPORTERS,

NEW YORK

MAR 07, 2018

Mr Shehu Sani, Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly has revealed he and his colleagues received N13.5 million monthly as running cost.

The revelation by the Senator was the first time a member of the National Assembly will confirm speculations that Nigerian senators are earning N41.5 million quarterly as a running cost.

The Kaduna Senator who made the revelation in an interview he granted to TheNEWS magazine said the running cost was in addition to the over N700,000 monthly consolidated salary and allowances of each member of the Senate.

The Senator said, “I think what we can say is that the running cost of a senator is N13.5 million every month,” the Senator said in response to the question on alleged bogus salaries and allowances of Nigerian lawmakers.

Senator-Elect Shehu Sani, Kaduna Central
The Nation, Nigeria
According to him, while there is no specific instruction on what the fund should be used for, lawmakers must provide receipts to back up their expenses from the running costs. He added that the running cost is in addition to funds earmarked for each senator for constituency projects.

“But what I am saying is that that money (N13.5 million per month) must be receipted for what you do with it. But what you are given to go and spend without any accountability is N750,000.00.

“The constituency project itself is given on a zonal basis and almost every Senator will go with a constituency fund of about N200 million, but it is not the cash that is given to you.

“You will be told that you have N200 million with an agency of government for which you will now submit projects equivalent to that amount. And it is that agency of government that will go and do those projects for you.

“Now, the corruption comes when the projects are not done and the money is taken. But right now, it is difficult to do that because NGOs and transparency groups have come into it. They track every allocation made to you and where they are being used.

“So, it’s becoming difficult for what used to happen in the past to happen now.

“But I can tell you that I would love a situation where we do away with running costs, constituency projects and leaves senators and members of House of Reps with salaries.

‘And also, the public should be informed that nobody should come to any senator’s house asking for any kobo. That also would be helpful.

“There are issues that we need to understand. First, I don’t believe that members of the National or even state assemblies should be involved in carrying out what is called constituency projects.

“When people are elected into the National Assembly, they should just be involved in law making, raising motions, bills and also performing oversight functions. But we live in a society where people cannot differentiate between the legislators and the executive.

“When the people come to you, they want you to build roads, dig boreholes, build hospitals, schools, give money, pay school fees for them. Now, if we have a society in which people will stop asking legislators to do those things, then there is no need (for the allowances) But funny enough, if you are very active in the National Assembly in making laws and you don’t embark on projects in your constituency, you cannot in any way be appreciated by the people you are there to serve because the electorates in United States are different from the electorates in the United States and Africa.

“We live in an underdeveloped society with a lot of poverty, misery and wants. What people want is for you to address those basic fundamental issues that affects their lives.

“If we can be done with that, it would be okay. Now, you are talking of bogus salaries and bogus allowances – there are three steps you need to consider – the first has to do with the fact when you represent the people, expectations arose from your immediate and the larger constituencies.

“But I agree with you that the salaries and allowances of lawmakers should not be discreet, but what is discreet about it when you can write to Resource and Fiscal Mobilization Commission to get everything about what a senator earns?

“The only money you are not expected to account for is your salary and the salary of a senator is about N750, 000.00 per month. The other one, the running cost of office must be accounted for. You must provide a receipt for every expense you make."

http://saharareporters.com/2018/03/07/nigerian-senators-receive-n135-million-running-cost-every-month-shehu-sani

deji17:
Nigerian Senators Receive N13.5 Million 'Running Cost' Every Month - Shehu Sani


BY SAHARA REPORTERS,

NEW YORK

MAR 07, 2018

Mr Shehu Sani, Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly has revealed he and his colleagues received N13.5 million monthly as running cost.

The revelation by the Senator was the first time a member of the National Assembly will confirm speculations that Nigerian senators are earning N41.5 million quarterly as a running cost.

The Kaduna Senator who made the revelation in an interview he granted to TheNEWS magazine said the running cost was in addition to the over N700,000 monthly consolidated salary and allowances of each member of the Senate.

The Senator said, “I think what we can say is that the running cost of a senator is N13.5 million every month,” the Senator said in response to the question on alleged bogus salaries and allowances of Nigerian lawmakers.

Senator-Elect Shehu Sani, Kaduna Central
The Nation, Nigeria
According to him, while there is no specific instruction on what the fund should be used for, lawmakers must provide receipts to back up their expenses from the running costs. He added that the running cost is in addition to funds earmarked for each senator for constituency projects.

“But what I am saying is that that money (N13.5 million per month) must be receipted for what you do with it. But what you are given to go and spend without any accountability is N750,000.00.

“The constituency project itself is given on a zonal basis and almost every Senator will go with a constituency fund of about N200 million, but it is not the cash that is given to you.

“You will be told that you have N200 million with an agency of government for which you will now submit projects equivalent to that amount. And it is that agency of government that will go and do those projects for you.

“Now, the corruption comes when the projects are not done and the money is taken. But right now, it is difficult to do that because NGOs and transparency groups have come into it. They track every allocation made to you and where they are being used.

“So, it’s becoming difficult for what used to happen in the past to happen now.

“But I can tell you that I would love a situation where we do away with running costs, constituency projects and leaves senators and members of House of Reps with salaries.

‘And also, the public should be informed that nobody should come to any senator’s house asking for any kobo. That also would be helpful.

“There are issues that we need to understand. First, I don’t believe that members of the National or even state assemblies should be involved in carrying out what is called constituency projects.

“When people are elected into the National Assembly, they should just be involved in law making, raising motions, bills and also performing oversight functions. But we live in a society where people cannot differentiate between the legislators and the executive.

“When the people come to you, they want you to build roads, dig boreholes, build hospitals, schools, give money, pay school fees for them. Now, if we have a society in which people will stop asking legislators to do those things, then there is no need (for the allowances) But funny enough, if you are very active in the National Assembly in making laws and you don’t embark on projects in your constituency, you cannot in any way be appreciated by the people you are there to serve because the electorates in United States are different from the electorates in the United States and Africa.

“We live in an underdeveloped society with a lot of poverty, misery and wants. What people want is for you to address those basic fundamental issues that affects their lives.

“If we can be done with that, it would be okay. Now, you are talking of bogus salaries and bogus allowances – there are three steps you need to consider – the first has to do with the fact when you represent the people, expectations arose from your immediate and the larger constituencies.

“But I agree with you that the salaries and allowances of lawmakers should not be discreet, but what is discreet about it when you can write to Resource and Fiscal Mobilization Commission to get everything about what a senator earns?

“The only money you are not expected to account for is your salary and the salary of a senator is about N750, 000.00 per month. The other one, the running cost of office must be accounted for. You must provide a receipt for every expense you make."

http://saharareporters.com/2018/03/07/nigerian-senators-receive-n135-million-running-cost-every-month-shehu-sani

What is my offence?



This people no get joy o



This is sad news



But who am I to complain?



Some people will still vote Dem ces dey r cool wit it.


Make I jus face front bfr I explode

Paperwhite:
Yet Shehu Sanni never rejected his own share of the largesse if he is convinced that it's grossly over-estimated.That is my grouse with him.

If he was happy with it he won't mention it. I think he just wants things to change.

StudyCrestLtd:

The problem is that those doing the actual fighting cannot read nor write. They are the core locals. They kill themselves over nothing.

This generation is one of pride. This is the starting point of our problem. Back in the olden days when the whites or any foreign official came, village heads say go call this person, he'll be the one to know what to do. By this it means all society has ranking of people based on intelligence, peopledont want to believe and agree that in some areas some people know more than some and its beneficial to the society to let the guy with the best record go to serve, a lot of people who are shouting making noise in the street ought to seek out intelligent selfless motivated persons to lead them while they follow, but no, every one has turned an activist with no visible head, they scatter like water broken from a satchet, everyone trying to fight for wat they assume is best however not understanding things intimately, our problem starts with arrogance and a lack of submission, there are minds in which the solution to the problems of this nation exist but we fight them for stvpid reasons

Senate should be scrapped let's have only House of representatives, with 3 members in each state and sitting allowance of 100K per sitting then all other allowances and constituency projects cancelled just only 100K per sitting x 3 times in a week then x 12 sitting in a month, meaning a member will be going home with only 1.2million a month without any Kobo again it becomes less attractive for the money bags and encourages young ones into politics. Meanwhile where is common sense senator Ben Murray Bruce and Shehu Sani. Scammers and hypocrites.

Shehu Sani is one of the few decent human beings in Nigeria. I hope he gets elected as Kaduna State Governor or Nigeria's President.
Nigeria is messed up. Imagine each Senator pocketing #200m each year in the name of so called constituency projects.
Whoever instituted such a fraud prone system is very unpatriotic.

chocberry:


When i tell them this is the problem they want to beat me up @ We haven't identified our problems yet

It's simple, no public officer should be in charge of funds, he/she should maintain oversight of works etc but not money, there should be a committe that receives list of propjects that needs to be done and election should be made on projects to work on based on financial viability, emergency etc, while they only authorise projects. Something similar to how the american juducial system is being run. Until we get the right system, forget it

The system keeps manufacturing thieves, all politicians under the current structure is a thief even the best ones, i dre say it

They will never agree for such system to see the light in Nigeria because the whole luxury would be gone. We copied a foreign system of ruling without proper checks for flaws and make necessary amendments, nothing is done right in this country, not a single thing, the country indeed is destined to fail

chocberry:



Not how it works, in government handling of contratcs companies are placed on a scale, so not just anyone companies can bid for projects, now, if you're a business man with 15 years business records, would you risk your existence to falsify a receipt? Secondly, any receipts that dont lead directly to a company can be termed a fraud and the senatortried for corruption

What planet are you living on to have posted this nonsense, senator tried for corruption in Nigeria? A businessman with intergrity in Nigeria? Lol you must be joking.

Paperwhite:
Yet Shehu Sanni never rejected his own share of the largesse if he is convinced that it's grossly over-estimated.That is my grouse with him.

Oga critic, if you are a senator will you reject yours?

You see how these bunch of thrives spend our money

planetx:
What planet are you living on to have posted this nonsense, senator tried for corruption in Nigeria? A businessman with intergrity in Nigeria? Lol you must be joking.

I own a business, i've run businesses, i have full blown record of my transactions so even if EFCC investigates me for the past 7 years, i have records of all my dealings. Not everyone is folowing the corrupt model in this country ...

Stallion93:
They will never agree for such system to see the light in Nigeria because the whole luxury would be gone. We copied a foreign system of ruling without proper checks for flaws and make necessary amendments, nothing is done right in this country, not a single thing, the country indeed is destined to fail

They should wait for my Youtube videos when we will enlighten people thru alternative channels. No public official must have control over funds none.

poseidon12:
Shehu Sani is one of the few decent human beings in Nigeria. I hope he gets elected as Kaduna State Governor or Nigeria's President.
Nigeria is messed up. Imagine each Senator pocketing #200m each year in the name of so called constituency projects.
Whoever instituted such a fraud prone system is very unpatriotic.

Shehu Sani makes sense, i've been expecting the North to start mentioning his name. I can hardly tell of a more qualified Nortern leader that shows sign of good leadership than that guy. Not that Dino dude making noise upandan

deji17:


If you are a Senator, will you reject your own "Largess e"? The guy is honest enough to reveal what they are earning, why they are earning it, what contributed to it and how it can be stopped. If he rejects his own, will it stop others from collecting theirs?

The guy also shows areas where things have improved in the monitoring of "constituency project"

Don't mind the unreasonable critics. These are the same constituents who pester the lawmakers with demands for money. We're all in this fraudulent arrangement together.

I hope Mr common sense Bruce is not collecting the N13 million

emmasege:
#500k a month and #6m per annum, out of which he'll feed his family and service his career by conducting research and attending conferences.

Summarily, a senator earns in one month what a professor earns in almost two and half years. In four years, a senator would've earned What a prof earns in 120 years or What 3 or four professors earn in the length of 35-year civil service. Why won't they kill to get into office?

What a nation!

No professor that knows his onions and is worth his salt in Nigeria earns less than a million naira per month.

This news is vexing, but for those of us castigating Shehu, have we stopped to reason, that there must be some iota of nobility in this man?
I'm sure his colleagues will be vexed with him for exposing their secrets