• Says media criticism uncharitable

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has accused the media of instigating the public against federal lawmakers.
Lawan spoke in Abuja, on Monday, at a programme organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS).

Presenting a paper: “Legislature, Legislative Mandate and the People- The Reality and Public Perception”, at the maiden Distinguished Parliamentarians’ Lecture, 2021, the Senator representing Yobe North maintained that the narrative of jumbo pay and expensive cars for legislators was skewed against members of the National Assembly.

He claimed that Nigerians do not raise eyebrows over the lifestyle of Ministers in the Executive arm of government.

He said: “The purchase of vehicles for use of legislators has also received extensive media attention. The argument against the purchase of official vehicles for legislators is at best counter-intuitive and at worse malicious and intended to turn the public against lawmakers.

“If civil servants from the rank of an assistant director and above are entitled to official vehicles and some ministers have convoys of cars, why is the allocation of a Toyota Camry for members of the House of Representatives and a Land Cruiser to senators such a hideous proposition?”

The Chairman of the National Assembly also picked a hole in the argument that remuneration of the lawmakers was high as he disclosed that senators are paid N1.5 million and members of the House of Representatives N1.3 million as monthly salaries.

He told the gathering that a senator earns N13 million quarterly to run office expenses.

“The total salary of a member of the Senate is about N1.5 million and that of the House of Representatives member is about N1.3 million. The quarterly office running allowance for legislators is what is erroneously conflated with a monthly income to create confusion and mislead the Nigerian people.”

Secretary to Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, who represented President Muhammadu Buhari commended the Director-General of NILDS, Professor Suleiman, for the initiative to organise the public lecture and urged him to sustain it.

“I call on NILDS to ensure that the outcome of the event is well documented circulated. I similarly charge you to ensure that this lecture series is sustained and targeted at addressing key national and constitutional issues in a manner that would strengthen our democracy, eliminate grey areas and enthrone best practices.

In his opening remarks, Professor Suleiman told participants that the biannual event would remain a platform for cross-fertilisation of ideas.

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H.I.P for the Hip

P.O.P.O for the Hippopo

T.A.M.U.S for the Hippopotamus

League of mumu

In summary, the senate President is telling Nigerians that they’re not the only ones eating jumbo salaries, the executives are eating the same as well.

That tells you the mindsets of the politicians deciding how your government functions.

What was your expectation? Nigeria need to be banned from committee of Nations. If the world cannot do this, it means they are benefitting from what is happening in Nigeria.

This is the worst senate president ever

Worst Senate President

Whether they bless themselves or not there’ll still be backlash so no qualms

J

daddytime:
Hippo

Perfect description of that big fool.

I don't blame them, dem don see Nigerians finish. This country is completely gone.

ggh

What an idiot. This is the kind of idiots we have in corridors of power in this country. I am not against them even having cars but why were the cars not bought in Nigeria. Why did they not buy from Innoson. Why not help promote Nigeria's economy. Why spend all that money propping up someone's else economy. Germany will never go and buy from UK or Italy or US, they will buy German cars, Brits will buy from UK. Who are these senseless fools in the Senate?

wen the country finally fail we would all be here.

we wont have to blame anyone we would just suffer together

You can see why there’s no hope for the country. If these animals still remain insensitive by their actions and speeches to the present situation on ground then we can see nothing good can ever come from them

NO surprise here... We are blacks



The sooner you reading this understand the clear fact above, the better for you

Even the so called quarterly allowance, they collect it and pocket it. There is barely any work done with it save for their personal gratification! If you can’t cut the cost of governance, this country can never be better. Little wonder they always kill themselves to get to such positions. Bozos!

alphaconde:
wen the country finally fail we would all be here.

we wont have to blame anyone we would just suffer together

They all have dual citizenship baba a d houses abroad.. Once the country dies they gon japa.

So 13 million naira quarterly is not a big deal? We must be a joke to these people.

Why is the media disturbing our senators to work...



All this quack journalism

Ohhhww ok

I tell you

inforesource:
What was your expectation? Nigeria need to be banned from committee of Nations. If the world cannot do this, it means they are benefitting from what is happening in Nigeria.

My brother Lala please come can I have a word with you
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These people must think Nigerians are fools...unfortunately, they are the ones who are the foolish ones!!

1 of d reasons UAE n other countries dey use us play ps1

oshozondii:
• Says media criticism uncharitable



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jumbo pay. And ministry workers are told to forfiet their December salary . Indeed there was a country

This1 na complete dumbo. Anywhere belle face na there him dey sign paper.

We should be asking him what he wants to sign again

Worst government in the history of Nigeria