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Salary Cut: ‘we Borrowed To Fund Election Our Campaigns’. . .lawmaker by 175(m): 10:13pm On Jul 14, 2015 |
A MEMBER of the Lagos State House of
Assembly, Rasheed Makinde, has described as
unfair, the call for reduction in allowances of
elected public office holders.
Makinde, representing Ifako/Ijaiye II Constituency
on the platform of the All Progressive Congress
(APC), said most of today’s public office holders
were still indebted to sponsors that bankrolled
their rather “expensive” electoral campaigns.
He also appealed to “perk seekers” that are often
loitering around the Assembly complex to be
modest in their demands, as the lawmakers too
would need time to recover financially.
Makinde, a first-time lawmaker, said though he
was not averse to part-time legislature, “pay cuts
would be most unfair as most politicians borrow
money to run elections.”
According to him, “The issue of part-time
legislature is okay, but I would not support a
reduction of pay package because the cost of
running election in Nigeria is very expensive
compared to advanced countries that we compare
our package with.”Continuing, he said, “In those
countries, you would open an election campaign
account and people would be donating for your
campaigns. Here, they would only borrow you
money and you would need collateral to do so
from the banks. “In Nigeria, you would spend
money and if you don’t give people money, you
would never win any election except where the
electorates are educated and nobody asks you for
money. It is not a secret as it is open to
everybody. So most times, we borrow money to
run elections in Nigeria,” he said.
Makinde added that hardly would anyone see a
legislator that has not borrowed money to do
elections be it state or federal.
“So, how do you repay the money if the salary is
poor? When I got to this place, I was
disappointed because our salary is not much,” he
said.
It was gathered that each member of the Lagos
Assembly earns N750, 000 every month, excluding
sitting allowances. A sum of N9 billion is
appropriated to the 40-lawmaker House out of
the N486 billion budget estimate for Year 2015.
For undisclosed reasons, the current lawmakers
are yet to be paid since the Eighth Assembly
resumed last month.
On what attracted him to the legislative arm of
government, he said that everybody had been
complaining about the system without showing
any interest. “I believe that my coming would
bring a lot of changes, which is why I am working
hard to see that I do my best. Making laws for
the people also motivated me, I am not here for
selfish purposes,” he said. |
Re: Salary Cut: ‘we Borrowed To Fund Election Our Campaigns’. . .lawmaker by ibkgab001: 10:15pm On Jul 14, 2015 |
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Re: Salary Cut: ‘we Borrowed To Fund Election Our Campaigns’. . .lawmaker by bilulu(m): 10:18pm On Jul 14, 2015 |
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