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The True Cost Of Democracy In Nigeria by naijafresh: 6:12pm On Apr 05, 2015
This is an excerpt from an article I have just read given below:

In January of 2012, a presidential committee on public service reform discovered that top government officials in Nigeria take home N1.126 trillion a year in salaries and allowances – out of a national budget of N4.6 trillion. These public officers constitute just 0.013 per cent of Nigeria’s population. They include 108 senators who each make over $1.7m a year. That alone is $183.4 million (N28 billion). Then the 360 members of the House of Representatives each takes home over $1.2 million, which amounts to $432 million (N65bn). Again, each state governor collects an average of N200 million naira a month just as security vote. In a year, they each get N2.4 billion naira. So, our 36 governors take home N87 billion naira on security votes alone every year. Add our 38 ministers and ministers of state, 100 plus heads of federal and state agencies, over 432 state commissioners, 774 local government area chairmen or caretakers, almost 10,000 councilors and you will understand where the N1.126 trillion goes.

Link http://saharareporters.com/2015/04/04/if-jonathan-had-wanted-be-statesman-rudolf-ogoo-okonkwo

1. Does democracy really cost this much in Nigeria?
2. If the politicians are paid much more than a lot of politicians in western countries, how does this benefit us?
3. One argument has been good salaries and allowances reduce corruption, so has corruption been reduced?
4. Does it make sense so spend so much on so few?
5. Will politicians accept a pay cut in the economic downturn?
6. Should every sector not expect similar western standard salaries to 'reduce' corruption especially the police?

I have so many questions but I throw this open to the floor for debate.
Re: The True Cost Of Democracy In Nigeria by Kobojunkie: 7:19pm On Apr 05, 2016
naijafresh:
This is an excerpt from an article I have just read given below:
In January of 2012, a presidential committee on public service reform discovered that top government officials in Nigeria take home N1.126 trillion a year in salaries and allowances – out of a national budget of N4.6 trillion. These public officers constitute just 0.013 per cent of Nigeria’s population. They include 108 senators who each make over $1.7m a year. That alone is $183.4 million (N28 billion). Then the 360 members of the House of Representatives each takes home over $1.2 million, which amounts to $432 million (N65bn). Again, each state governor collects an average of N200 million naira a month just as security vote. In a year, they each get N2.4 billion naira. So, our 36 governors take home N87 billion naira on security votes alone every year. Add our 38 ministers and ministers of state, 100 plus heads of federal and state agencies, over 432 state commissioners, 774 local government area chairmen or caretakers, almost 10,000 councilors and you will understand where the N1.126 trillion goes.

Link http://saharareporters.com/2015/04/04/if-jonathan-had-wanted-be-statesman-rudolf-ogoo-okonkwo
1. Does democracy really cost this much in Nigeria?
2. If the politicians are paid much more than a lot of politicians in western countries, how does this benefit us?
3. One argument has been good salaries and allowances reduce corruption, so has corruption been reduced?
4. Does it make sense so spend so much on so few?
5. Will politicians accept a pay cut in the economic downturn?
6. Should every sector not expect similar western standard salaries to 'reduce' corruption especially the police?
I have so many questions, but I throw this open to the floor for debate.

The cost of Democracy? Democracy did not do this to Nigeria. The Nigerian people did it all by themselves to their selves. I thought only a couple of lowly educated touts thought Democracy was to blame for the events of the last 16 Years in Nigeria. But I was wrong. As it turns out, some of the undereducated "youths" in that country are convinced that the system called Democracy is to blame. Now, I don't know what's worst - that these undereducated individuals do not know how to read properly a dictionary? Or that these people omehow convinced themselves that by adopting democracy(a system which screams THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS), their papas and mamas(themselves included) could yet again continue to fold their hands and let another system of Government magically work itself out.

Walahi.... !!! ROFLMAO!!

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