[size=14pt]Pay cut for all arms of government [/size]
November 2, 2011 12:08PM

The 2012 budget may raise some dust unless the proposed general pay cut in all the three arms of government is agreed on.

This was being hinted by the Chairman, Senate Committee, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, while addressing the press in Abuja. The Senate still awaits the presentation of the 2012 budget to the National Assembly by President Goodluck Jonathan for approval.
The Executive and the judiciary arm of the gvernment are expected to conform with the cut in their budget as it will aid the reduction of high cost of governance.

"One thing is certain, we have reached a consensus between the executive and legislature that the cost of running the government is too high and that there will be a need to cut down the cost of government and I think that, that will be the general trend in this particular budget. So, we are looking forward to seeing the budget and how much has been cut in terms of running the government," he said.

On the issue of the reported N50 billion slash from the proposed 2012 budget of the National Assembly by the president, Abaribe said action can only be taken by the senate when the budget is formally presented to the house.

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/National/5746885-146/pay_cut_for_all_arms_of.csp

From Beaf, hmmmm

bassette:

From Beaf, hmmmm

Yeah, Mr stonehead, Beaf now writes for 234Next and makes Senators say things they don't know anything about.
Whats it like to be a record breaking dolt? Mystery!

This is a good step in the right direction.

they should cut down on salaries is too high

Thats a good start
But I hope they follow it through

bassette:

From Beaf, hmmmm

Beaf:

Yeah, Mr stonehead, Beaf now writes for 234Next and makes Senators say things they don't know anything about.
Whats it like to be a record breaking dolt? Mystery!

No matter how bad my day i trust NL to give me some action.

I see no sincerity yet in this govt. Say something today, do another tommorrow.
So the Retardeen wants to cut cost and he still left for Australia with 170 clowns.
2012 is almost here. i dont trust them all.

Cut Yato si cut. So I'll wait to see the cut first.

If this Senators cannot make do with minimum wage of 18K plus 100% allowance of the same amount then they should leave policy-making and go start business. We need to grow our economy anyway.

To Pay these Armed Robbers anything more than that is to keep encouraging corruption.

Until we become one of the top 10 economies on earth, Political office holders should not earn more than double the minimum wage.

Nigerian govt officials don't suppose to earn more than $30.000 a year

ak47mann:

Nigerian govt officials don't suppose to earn more than $30.000 a year

Almost 5Million Naira a year?? what for?? What businesses are they creating for us?

Nah. 18K x2 is just fine.

Sounds more like massive layoffs is in the future! I doubt the unions will allow a pay cut which will leave layoffs as the only other viable retrenchment option.

DrummaBoy:

Thats a good start
But I hope they follow it through

Exactly what i was thinking. I hope they follow it thru. But i trust those people,the cut will never see the light of day.

They only want to fool people into believing that they re responsible. Everyone will see how they will manipulate it.

are you guys being mischievous or can't you see that in order to force the deregulation down Nigerians' throat they have to be seen to be buckling their own belts. besides with the securing of oil reserves by the West, a la 'liberation of Libya', the normal hike in price due to demand 4 heating oil for winter might not occur; and the continuing slow down in world economy might herald a reduction in our oil revenue. so be ready for harder times guys ( hate to be the harbinger of doom ).

If implemented, its gonna be gud 4 the economy

How much is there salary compared to the ghana-must-go bags they share daily?

Who is fooling who

smh

@OP, Do not be deceived, POLITICS is all about sentiments. Your RULERS read newspapers and they have read about the agitation for PAY CUT on their side and what is the TRCIK? Just make the announcement,as they did, & little minds will be carried away. PAY CUT WILL NEVER HAPPEN, NEVER!!! YOUR RULERS WILL NEVER SUSCRIBE TO IT. Have you forgotten their REACTION WHEN THE CBN, GOVERNOR told them how they are MILKING the nation dry?? Did they do anything to reduce it? NO. Rather, they wanted to "HANG HIM ON THE CROSS.

PEOPLE SHOULD PLEASE WAKE UP, WAKE UP!!!

"One thing is certain, we have reached a consensus between the executive and
legislature that the cost of running the
government is too high and that there will
be a need to cut down the cost of
government and I think that, that will be the
general trend in this particular budget.

This is the thing I hate the most about the GEJ government. That its only now when there is a consensus that anything is being done about a serious problem that has been blindingly obvious for the past 6 years. Why can't we have a president that can make up his mind about something and convince/force the rest of government to do what he wants? Must Jonathan always wait for everybody to agree with him before he does anything? How sad it is that I'm looking back with fondness on Obasanjo's tenure.

Anyway, there's no way they're going to get away with reducing people's salaries. At best, they'll be a small cut in the jumbo allowances political office holders get. The only way to significantly reduce the cost of government is massive retrenchment coupled with the merging, downsizing and outright scrapping of ministries, parastatals and government agencies. It will be painful to do but will have major economic benefits in the mid to long-term future. That is assuming that we stop electing corrupt and incompetent people to high office.

Sadly, Jonathan doesn't have the balls to do something like that so don't expect the government to reduce in size anytime soon.

TRUTHTELA:

@OP, Do not be deceived, POLITICS is all about sentiments. Your RULERS read newspapers and they have read about the agitation for PAY CUT on their side and what is the TRCIK? Just make the announcement,as they did, & little minds will be carried away. PAY CUT WILL NEVER HAPPEN, NEVER!!! YOUR RULERS WILL NEVER SUSCRIBE TO IT. Have you forgotten their REACTION WHEN THE CBN, GOVERNOR told them how they are MILKING the nation dry?? Did they do anything to reduce it? NO. Rather, they wanted to "HANG HIM ON THE CROSS.

PEOPLE SHOULD PLEASE WAKE UP, WAKE UP!!!

Yes ooo

Demdem:

I see no sincerity yet in this govt. Say something today, do another tommorrow.
So the Retardeen wants to cut cost and he still left for Australia with 170 clowns.
2012 is almost here. i dont trust them all.

Well Said.

It will all depend on those funny senators and 'Hon' members, lets see if they will agree to slashing dia jumbo pay.

Not impressed.gej is a joke.

this is mirage.

Make God help o, make them do it, even though I doubt it.

Nigerians still live in fantasyland init

If a pay cut is achieved, I will shi.t a live unicorn

Them just dey BOBO us all,
na compiled/complete bunch of lies.
Mtschew.

Let's see what the budget holds before we accept these claims,
For all we know, it might just be propaganda as usual!