Nigerian political office holders highest paid globally, says Transparency
From Lemmy Ughegbe, Abuja


NIGERIA'S political office holders earn the highest pay in the world, Transparency International said in its report released yesterday.



http://odili.net/news/source/2009/nov/18/18.html

Curiously, the Nigerian public servants earn the poorest pay globally, the body also revealed.

The body also rated Nigeria as the 38th most corrupt nation in the world.

In its 2009 Nigeria Corruption Perception Index released in Abuja during a media briefing, it placed Nigeria on the 142nd position out of the 180 countries surveyed with a total of 2.5 points out of 10.

Speaking at the briefing, the Secretary General of Transparency ln Nigeria (TIN), an affiliate of the international coalition, Mr. Osita Ogbu, lamented that the nation was sliding in the corruption war.

He observed that last year, the country was rated 39th in 2008 with a total score of 2.7. He acknowledged the passage of some anti-graft legislations by government, but said it has not demonstrated any political will to fight corruption.

The government is only paying lip service to the fight against corruption. There is a reign of impunity in the land, which the Attorney General of the Federation has called 'the rule of law,'" he said.

While urging the National Judicial Council to discipline erring officers, the secretary general accused the judiciary of constituting one of the stumbling blocks to the anti-corruption efforts in the country by granting reckless and questionable injunctions restraining the anti-corruption agencies from either investigating or prosecuting some persons.

Ogbu argued that absence of electoral accountability in Nigeria allows other forms of corruption to thrive, noting that nobody has been punished for their role in the "fundamentally flawed 2007 elections," even as the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission has continued to conduct other flawed bye-elections.

The group accused the Federal Government of taking steps that could be interpreted as undermining the electoral reform process, arguing that its rejection of key recommendations of the Justice Muhammadu Uwais-led Electoral Reform Committee indicated this.

TIN decried wage dichotomy between political office holders and public servants, noting that the remuneration of Nigeria's political office holders was the highest globally while that of their counterparts in public service was the least.

Speaking further, he argued that Nigeria required more serious effort and commitment to the fight against corruption as the recent crisis in the banking sector has shown the ineffectiveness of the regulatory framework.

I said it. Greedy bastards

its a pity.

Politician's insatiability.
What the f.uck.
We Nigerians seriously need 2revolt.

Highly paid or they pay themselves and steal on top that ?

puskin:

Politician's insatiability.
What the f.uck.
We Nigerians seriously need 2revolt.

Hope you will lead cos am not ready to kpeme

OBVIOUS:

Highly paid or[b] they pay themselves and steal on top that[/b] ?

LWKMD

chosen04:

Hope you will lead cos am not ready to kpeme

Are you a coward. Fela talkam say : Nigerians na cowards because police go slap them for road, dem no go talk. Stand up for your right. Its long overdue.

The salary is minute compare to the illegal money these retards steal frod the nation's treasury.,in this year budget alone,about 40% went to politicians' pocket and the whole of nigeria left with the remaining.Yet nothing to show for it.I just hope a whirlwind will blow off these people away one day

~Bluetooth:

The salary is minute compare to the illegal money these retards steal frod the nation's treasury.,in this year budget alone,about 40% went to politicians' pocket and the whole of nigeria left with the remaining.Yet nothing to show for it.I just hope a whirlwind will blow off these people away one day

Why call them retards? Retards are usually friendly and are not aware of what is happening around them how much less stealing for material gratification. Our leaders are not retards joor, they are bandits and a very intelligent one at that.

@Poster, this is sign of "DEVELOPMENT" in Nigeria naw! What is wrong with that?

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And in the midst of the recession, why can't government slash these salaries by 50% or more. Yet the ordinary workers are the least paid