•Reps receive N17m each
•Two months gone, no bill passed

The Nation(Nigeria) may have spent about N12, 967, 600,000 in two months to maintain National Assembly members, who were inaugurated on June 9, it has been learnt.

The 109 senators got N36.4 million each; the 360 members of the House of Representatives received N25 million each.

The Senators and the representatives were first paid N10milion each in June to ‘cushion’ the difficulty of settling down in Abuja.

The amount, which was to cover their expenses on housing, transport and furniture, cost the public about N4.6billion.

Last month under a pro-rata arrangement for quarterly allowance covering June, Senators got N13. 4 million each and representatives, N7million each.

Since their inauguration, the legislators have gone on recess three times. Before going on break last Thursday, Senators got N13 million each and representatives, N8 million. They have yet to pass a bill since they began sitting in June.

Their inauguration was followed by the controversial emergence of Senators Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu as Senate President and Deputy President.

Yakubu Dogara and Lasun Yusuf were also picked as House Speaker and Deputy Speaker against the wish of their party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Last Wednesday, senators disagreed on the recommendation by the Finance Committee to cut their salary and allowances.

The James Manager-led committee had recommended a 30 percent cut which, if accepted,would have saved tax payers about N2billion yearly .

This translates to N2 million reduction from the N51 million quarterly allowances enjoyed under the 7th Senate or about N874 million saved from each year’s four quarterly allowances alone.

Besides, the representatives’ reduction of their quarterly allowances from N39million to N33 million will save the nation about N2. 1 billion, made up of N6million reduction in each member’s allowances over four quarters.

Some Nigerians have criticised the Senators for rejecting the pay cut proposal even after President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have resolved to slash their salary by 50 per cent.

YEAR 2011 – 2014

SENATE N51million

HOUSE OF REPS N39million

YEAR 2015

SENATE N49million

HOUSE OF REPS N33million

After a two-hour closed door meeting on Wednesday, Senate President Bukola Saraki announced that the Manager committee’s report aimed at reducing salary and allowances, would be stood down. The report, he added, would debated on later date.

Following public criticism over the yearly N150billion budget being enjoyed by the National Assembly over the past few years, members decided to reduce their 2015 budget by N30 billion, to N120billion.

EFCC
The Nation learnt that many Senators and representatives have signed documents that could make them vulnerable to inquiry by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other anti-corruption bodies.

According to sources, just like their predecessors, the lawmakers had circulated a template used to ‘account’ for their multi-million Naira allowances.

source:http://thenationonlineng.net/naira-rain-at-nass-as-senators-collect-n23-4m-each/

Odukwa serious!

NASS is just one of the disadvantages of democracy.

am I dreaming or can't I see d amount spent well. Buhari just for one year ur fiful have spent !more than pdp in 4 years. Abeg make person help me do d mathematics o, how much go remain for ur so called empty treasury?? and some thugs still dae wait for #5k, school children food e.t.c you are all on a long thing

***sips zobo***

This people are just killing us gradually.with this current situation of economy downwall,you are still collecting hugh amount of money.


Haaaaa,aye yin ma run last ni o.

Thieves

Politics being a blood money and Lucrative Family business in Nigeria since 1960

We already know that's d reason they are there

Wastage! we need to adopt unicameral legislature with lean fund. These ones are Legislooters

These people are the real problems of Nigeria. They shamelessly refused to reduce the obscene amount they collect for sitting and chatting.

Where is Ben Bruce? I thought he was forming gallant man of the people not long ago. There should be a way to force these people to accept pay cut. This is just disgusting.

I already gave up on Nigeria, but I'm giving up again. Useless people.

When it comes to sharing money in the house, they all become united no ruling party or opposition...

Only in nigeria is where you do so little as a legislator and you get a fat pay, while those who work all day go home with peanuts...SMH

Ben Bruce..Where art thou... Forming king Kong

see what people get paid to do virtually nothing jah jehovah...how will they pass any bill when their salary doesn't depend on it I think since independence there has been a direct plot to leave the majority of the masses in abject poverty for reasons unknown to me. the masses have no power in Nigeria apart from election time.

No b Buhari sign d hot pepper 4 dem?...After him go say pepper no dey kitchen

When some of us said there was no difference between pdp and apc,some people kept spewing thrash and talking about how apc is the real deal;I think you guys can now see for yourselves,what an apc led senate and house of reps have done.

Looters

Common criminals

This is jst a wastage of resources,


Abeg hw many months' in d house?


Make baba God sha no spoil my papa business,m'less concern about their stupidity

Change!
Change!!
Change!!!!!!!!!!

And APC promosed to reduce the cost of governance? Smh

Hmmmm.These goats are d ones that need to stoned 4 not working but collecting salaries.What a waste of human genes.

barcanista:
And APC promosed to reduce the cost of governance? Smh

Bros!dey read n comprehend small small.dem still reduced am small but d main point here is collecting salaries,not working.Such things gat to stop.

Osun Workers will be calling PDP senators Buruji Kashanmu and Ben Bruce on their mobilie lines now.


Osun NLC: Awon Baba mi, Our saviours, we are still here oo, your shildren are still suffering since our Radionic governor refused to pay or even sef replace Abobaku that fled.


Buruji: I will send another trailer load of rice for the last time but try to call Fayose to send ponmo because I saw him buying ponmo at the market on television


Bruce: Maybe I was so fast in making that promise, please call Lara Oshimole because she behaves like the new UNICEF director

fitzmayowa:
When it comes to sharing money in the house, they all become united no ruling party or opposition...

Only in nigeria is where you do so little as a legislator and you get a fat pay, while those who work all day go home with peanuts...SMH

You have nailed it. All those shameless people that are fighting to remove Saraki, are they not now joined in the sharing of our resources..? Did the party issue any policy statement to say where it stands on these over bloated salaries? Has Lawan, the president, or any of those that shout party supremacy, have they shown and voiced a different policy? Our legislators disgust me, and this lack of policy framework or direction is disturbing.

barcanista:
And APC promosed to reduce the cost of governance? Smh

is it not saraki u saTANist want, saraki is playing d saTANist game, pdp put him there, so enjoy d pdp change version

Jesusloveyou:
is it not saraki u saTANist want, saraki is playing d saTANist game, pdp put him there, so enjoy d pdp change version

Was it Saraki that rejected the proposed 30% pay cut or the APC dominated members of Parliament?

Keep deceiving yourself

Once again we are confronted with the of the nauseating callousness of our leaders. More unfortunate is the fact that rather than condemn in unison this brazen defilement of our limited resources, you have people turning this to a PDP vs APC affair. Pity.

Last I checked, the NA is made of up members from all parties, and none, to the best of my knowledge has rejected the obscene allowance. Pls and pls we need to collective rise and condemn this brazen daylight robbery. It may be constitutional; but nonetheless immoral, wicked and callous.

We are still watching...

They should continue stealing as the number of bereft is swelling everyday. One day they will unite and come for you insha Allah.

This is why Nigerians are against Shekau the Mofo won't show when you need him. Mtchew.
On a serious note Nigerians should come together and fight this looters they will not reduce their salaries unless forced to but the masses who should be fighting the looters are fighting each other.

So whatz the essence of the anti graft war when you collect monies from corrupt civil servants/politicians and put it in NASS member's pockets?

The only difference would be the question of legality, the destination remains unchanged. Yes, private pockets for private use.

APC preached change, but the change was short-lived be over-ambitious leaders in NASS. They sieze the control, we condemed it, they said that we are of Tinubi camp. Camp or no camp we have the result.

Maybe the change is latter.

this one no be news na, nation toiletpaper.com