The Senate has disclosed that the
salaries and allowances of lawmakers
will be reduced in line with the existing
economic realities facing the country. The chairman, Senate adhoc committee
on information, Senator Dino Melaye,
who made this disclosure yesterday
when addressing newsmen, said the
committee saddled with the
responsibility of reviewing the salaries of lawmakers had submitted its report. According him, there was the need to
reduce the allowances of lawmakers in
response to the directives of the Senate
president, Bukola Saraki, who had set
up a finance committee to review the
allowance of Senators.

He said the senators had made a
progressive reduction in their salaries as
the Senate president had insisted they
must all make sacrifices for the nation. “The Senate president said we must
sacrifice, as we cannot carry out proper
oversight of the MDAs (ministries,
departments and agencies) if we have
not made proper sacrifice,” he said,
asserting that the 8th Senate would be a responsible one. Senator Melaye also stated that the era of
government and its agencies not
adhering to the resolutions of the Senate
was over as the upper house will set up
a re-evaluation and monitoring
committee to monitor and track the progress of resolutions made by the
Senate to ensure there is strict
compliance and apply sanctions
accordingly when appropriate.

He further explained that there is no
controversy over the Senate chief whip
as the South West caucus of the APC was
yet to submit the name of its candidate,
adding that the Senate is now focused
on developmental issues. He added that the committee saddled
with the responsibility of rolling out the
legislative agenda of the 8th Senate
would soon submit its report and that
the report would pilot the affairs of the
8th Senate “The objective of this Senate is to fight
and curb corruption, and the Senate
president has sounded a note of
warning that the anti-corruption
crusade will be carried out in all the
committees and any Senator found wanting will be made to face the full
wrath of the law,” Melaye said.


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I don't bliv it until I see their alert...

I hope they won't slash civil servants salaries too.

Good News

Seconded

DEXTROVERT:
V

for vulture

Me, take Dino seriously? No way!

Thirded

Smh

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Until then, we are watching.

good

I still want to understand why these guys can't be placed on minimum wage. Make person clear me nao..It would make sense o.. Gaskiya

Op first work on your link


Back to the thread, reducing salary means nothing the salary is not the issue but the huge allowances they get that suppose to be scrapped fully not the salary.

They should keep deceiving the people they can deceive not me

This would be nice....Assuming its implemented... I'm really optimistic about this..

why should they be the one to review their salaries; there is a government body for that very purpose : National Salaries, Income And Wages
Commission.

Nice one if itz true.

"

The Senate president said we must
sacrifice - Dino Melaye

"

Sounds like they're been forced

SCAM! Or maybe dem go fit reduce 5k each come call am reduction! Nonsense

TheUmmah:
SCAM! Or maybe dem go fit reduce 5k each come call am reduction! Nonsense