Promhize: Are these ones mad, is there job not part-time already
They seat on comfy chairs, in a house full of AC, stand whenever they like to spew rubbish. Their sessions is not on a regular basis, they collect bribe while probing.
God! I think we need to start having professional assassins in Nigeria, I'm go in to need their service one day.

born9ice: My problem with Nigerian youths is that we dont act to conquer our fears.We should not always sit on the fence.The time is now, their excesses must be checked.As youths of our beloved country, we should learn how to fight for our future.Some old illiterates cant be pushing us this way inother to grow money for their generation while we sit and suffer for not making a statement.Am not saying we should go the way of Eygpt.But something must be done by us.A caller suggested on radio this morning, that we should match to the streets on october 1st not as a political party but as Voice of Nigeria Youths to protest that their wages be made public and cut down to 50percent.
Its not about talking and writing articles or using platforms like this to drive home our points which they dont see.Actions must be taken.
Like they always say 'dont think about what Nigeria can do for you but what you can do for Nigeria'.

MightyThor: Why wont they reject it? they know what they are getting for doing practically noting and in true Nigerian Fashion they rather continue with it than effect a change to suit the current economic situation of the Country.

They feel that they are being made the scapegoat? Now they have started pointing at other excesses in the country, real typical Nigerian, they use others to justify their own exccess,

Ogene explained that the idea was laughable
because the N150 billion allocated to the National
Assembly was only a small fraction of this year's
N4.9 trillion national budget.
“Rather than blaming the National Assembly for the
poor finances of the country, the questions that
should be asked are: Why do we need up to 40
ministers? Why do we have up to 10 aircraft in the
presidential fleet? These are the issues that should
be taken into consideration instead of saying that
one arm of government should be shut down,” Ogene
stated.[i][/i]

Imagine this Guy,
so you know that 10 planes are too much for the presidential fleet? (Yet our Petroleum Minster still charters jets for official tours,SMH what a waste)

So you know that 40 ministers is too much yet you say nothing?

So you know that 150 Billion for the National Assembly alone is a fraction of the yearly budget for the whole country, yet their are Infrastructure to be developed, Agriculture and Education are stagnant among other problems yet you are happy taking a "fraction" for your pockets!

You compare your selves with American Congress, did you compare the economies of both countries as well? whereas they can afford to the extravagant (which they are not) we can not afford to be, yet the greed of our National Assembly will not let them propose a reduced salary scale, rather they will take till there is nothing more to take again.

I hope Oby continues to propose such radical ideas, maybe, just maybe if we try it it will work. They should get their lazy a$$ of those heavily padded executive chairs and do other things with their lives. They can even get some practical feel of normal day to day activities of the ordinary masses. That can even help them propose better people oriented laws and bills in the house.

I WONDER IF THEIR SALARIES WERE DRASTICALLY CUT, IF THEIR WILL STILL BE A MAD RUSH TO GET INTO THESE POLITICAL OFFICES?

henryboff: Naija I hail thee. We will always come to Nairaland and rant without actually taking any actions or proposing any solutions. We all know that we have rogues in the legislature and that they are very well paid rogues but every election year we go to the polls and elect the same set of rogues into office again.
I am sure that most of the people here ranting will not do any better if put in the same situation. Naija is the one country I know where people who are actually qualified and suited for elective offices actually shy away from politics. These same people will now come to Nairaland and say all sorts of things about the thugs that they allowed to take those offices in the first place.

greaterlove: This guys are funny, Ezekwesili said you have gulped over a trillion naira in 8yrs and you are still arguing that your allocation is only 150billion per year, except my arithmetic is that bad, that still makes it over a trillion naira in 8 years, she is right, they should just own up.

Dagoma: I think Ezekwesili is right, she says over 1trillion in 8 yrs, and these Hons confirmed that their budget is 150 billion annually. So, by simple calculation, these Hons swallowed 1.2 trillion in 8 yrs. This is with the exception of 'GHANA MUST GO's' from MDAs and Presidency. Something need to be done urgently. May God change it for better.

yheenkhar1st: These bunch of mediocre and illiterate people are the problems of Nigeria. They do nothing on a good day, go on countless recess for months and yet take chunks of the income of nation.
They are voted to correct the wrongs this guy said but they defend their own pocket.
I swear if i were president for a, i would slash considerably the income of elected officers particularly these thieves and government workers to discourage politics and encourage hardwork and innovation by handiwork cos people that have failed in active areas of life are now into politics

“In a democracy, we should not just concentrate on what we spend but we should also look at what we get in the process. We should do a cost benefit analysis of running the National Assembly as a vital institution of democracy,” he said.

Samoo01: ‘‘The American democracy could be said to be on
autopilot yet, they have not experimented with a
part-time legislature.’’


Far from it. United States Congress is even more divisive and acrimonious than ours. They're also very corrupt but with a different approach (See: Louisiana Purchase, Cornhusker Kickback and Insider Trading for instance)


I don't think part time legislative proceeding is what we need. Au contraire, the system we need is a parliamentary cum provincial system of government modelled in tandem with Australia and Canada.

Bizibi: u sure say u go do am,by the time u enter there temptation fit make u change ur mind oh

anonimi:


This guy thinks he is talking to players of Dundee United aka confirmed mumgus abi na wetin?
What did Nigerians get in the process?
How many bills were raised and passed into laws by the supposed LAWMAKERS and how did they address issues of concern to the people?
Or how eles do we measure how this "vital institution of democracy" has performed with the millions they RECEIVE from us while other workers in the same government are paid 18k minimum wage.
Even sef useless governments such as the state of Osun will be paying 8k net under cover of some senseless empowerment of OYES and still expect to be praised.
Only in mumuland!!!

mbulela: You expect a man to willingly piss into his feeding trough?
That is a miracle in the size of water to wine proportion.
That kind of change can only be enforced violently from outside not peacefully from within.

Yoshi-Master:


I want to be a Governor, but don't know where to start.

henryboff:
You should start by joining a political party.

Yoshi-Master:


I think I might do that, I just don't like the way political parties operate in Nigeria, where they oppose everything by the opposition whether good or bad. I heard you can run as an independent, but I don't know how much success one can get from being an independent candidate within the current political atmosphere in Nigeria.

Guess I will have to join a party, and hope that I get there someday to be able to make a difference.

Yoshi-Master:


That's why its called a sacrifice, and lets be real, they wouldn't be sacrificing much even if we halved their pay.

When I was working as an Engineer on projects, I used to charge less when the project budget was being reached. That showed sacrifice on my part to the company, and helped them value me more during rough times in the economy.

henryboff:
The political situation can only change when people who want positive change start by participating in the process. You may not win at first but your mere presence sends a message.

mbulela:
I uswed to believe that epistle of yours.
People who want positive change have been participating for a while. Truth is the stench is stronger than they first imagined and in the process of sending out a message,they themselves have been converted to the camp of the barbarians. you and i know many men and women who joined the polity with good intentions. Where are they today? The system is structured to contain only barbarians. Only an external force can halt this fast moving train. Applying brakes intermittently is futile.

mbulela:
I uswed to believe that epistle of yours.
People who want positive change have been participating for a while. Truth is the stench is stronger than they first imagined and in the process of sending out a message,they themselves have been converted to the camp of the barbarians. you and i know many men and women who joined the polity with good intentions. Where are they today? The system is structured to contain only barbarians. Only an external force can halt this fast moving train. Applying brakes intermittently is futile.