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See how politicians are spending peoples monies! Why can't they use Camry as official cars?

Seems like Lagos is the only city in Nigeria worth comparing with the rest. That's an achievement to me. To the economist others don't even exist.

Can someone educate me on what the National Assembly of 468 members need #125B for in their 2017 budget.Let's compare their budget to Ekiti State.

NASS budget - #125B Members - 468.
Ekiti budget - #93B Population - 2.3million.

What does Ekiti spend the #93B on ?

Does it pay Fayoses salary and his aides - Yes
Does it pay commissioners salary and aides - Yes
Does it pay state lawmakers salary - yes
Does it pay Judiciary workers - Yes
Does it pay for road construction - Yes
Does it pay teachers salaries - Yes
Does it pay salary of Profs in state univ. - Yes
Does it pay health workers salary - Yes


What does NASS spend #125 B on ?

Does it pay their salaries and aides' - Yes
Do they construct roads with it - No
Do they pay teachers salaries - No
Do they pay health workers salaries - No
Do they pay judges salaries - No
Do they pay salary of Profs in Fed univ. - No

Question : what exactly does NASS spend #125B on outside their salaries and allowances ?

SalamRushdie:
Obasanjo has forgotten so soon he initiated them into Armed Robbery when he started when started bribing them and offering them bogus allowances just for them to endorse his unpopular and selfish agendas

So, because Obasanjo initiated them they should continue stealing? See the difference in a black mans thinking and a white man and yet he wants things to change. Does it matter who accuses the legislooters? Even if Satan accuses them I will join him in condemning them because I want a change.

slivertongue:
baba u aided them in ur days

And so they should continue stealing? Who bears the brunt at the end of the day? - you and I.Corruption must be roundly condemned by all not tolerated.

Nigeriadondie:
In as much as I hate Obasanjo cos he is not any better, u can't just dicard his message. The national assembly members are the greatest enemies of this doomed nation of Nigeria. They are the ones that ve arrested the progress of this doomed nation and mortgage its future,that is if Nigeria ever had a future. With rogues as lawmakers, such a country can never be better than Yemen or Somalia. Even Syria at war is far better than Nigeria.

When u have animalistic and questionable character making laws, you can expect that there can never be any meaningful war against corruption cos they would enact laws that would pamper rather than fight corruption. Hence with weak laws and a corrupt judiciary one can see why EFCC can never be able to prosecute a single corrupt public office holder. It is for this reason I laugh when people wrongly attack the EFCC when they have their hands tied. Recall that when Bode George stole billions he got a mere 2 years in prison. When u ve such laws,myou pamper corruption. In other words, corruption pays afterall if it takes mere 2 years in jail to make billions then it is worth it afterall no one would make such money if you're free doing legitimate business.

If the national assembly gets so much in allowances and also get constituency allowances with which they claim to execute constituency projects which they never execute, you can imagine how these rogues are bleeding the economy. With the millions they get every quarter for constituency projects they would come and build toilets, sink borehole with bold inscription of their names on d projects for which they took so much and spent so little.

If the national assembly gets money to finance projects in their constituencies, then it is logical never to blame the executive alone for the infrastructural decay in this doomed nation. Also, because they are thieves, there are no measures or some form of audit of the monies they earn and spend on the so-called constituency projects.

By the way, the national assembly never finances projects but to make laws. That is d function of the executive but now that the legislature gets constituency projects, then it is logical for the judiciary as an arm of the government to get monies for constituency projects as well.
For them, it is business and they are out to make profit. The link below says it all.
https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/senators-reps-lament-we-re-not-recouping-campaign-spending/170440.html

When the likes of Saraki who was receiving pension from Kwara state govt as ex-governor while serving as a senator could come out to say he has stopped receiving his pension due to outcries and has not deemed it fit to deliberate on this isssue with his colleagues and enact laws on this issue then u can imagine how doomed such a nation is to ve such individual as it topmost lawmaker. Or what of roadside thugs like Dino Melaye flaunting ill gotten wealth, ex governors who looted their state treasuries like TA Orji, Danjuma Goje, Bukar Ibrahim among others making laws, such a country would remain doomed.

A bicamaral legislature is too expensive that countries like Ghana and Senegal had to do away with it why cant we if not for the greed of a few and the docile masses divided by ethnicity and religion that allows such nonsense to fester.

Because these rogues have so much money to throw away that is why the likes of Saraki could employ as much as nearly 300 aides to what only God knows. Even many rich industralized nation cannot afford the size and cost of the Nigerian legislature.

If the national assembly was reduced and we have a unicamaral legislature, nothing like constituency allowances, reduced pay for lawmakers and strong laws to fight corruption perharps the death penalty as it is in China, you can imagine the monies available for capital projects which is a key driver of the economic activities, job creation and wealth distribution. But sadly the wealth is only for a few and a thief would never shoot himself in the foot by enacting strong laws against stealing. So never expect anything good from these robbers including that useless Ben Bruce with his empty common sense rants and that hypocritical Shehu Sani who can only boast of empowering his constituents with camels and radios.

Nigeria has no future, no hope and is heading indefinitely to the rocks. Even the Devil has more hope of making heaven than for this doomed nation to ever sniff progress and development. Nigeria is a disgrace to the black race. It is hopeless far beyond redemption.

Bro, u have said it all. Nigerians are dummies. They leave the message and start attacking the messengers. Obasanjo just said what many former Presidents are afraid to say and yet they are condemning him. Tired of this country!!!

2017 Sample comparison
National Assembly budget- #125B
Population - 468 members
Ratio - #267m/member/year
Ekiti 2017 budget - #93B
Ekiti population - 2.3mllion
Ratio - #40,434/citizen/year
Imo budget - #102B
Imo population - 3.93million
Ratio - #25,954/citizen/year
Gombe budget - #69B
Gombe population - 2.35million
Ratio - #29,361/citizen/year
The NASS is one of the major cankerworms eating Nigerians destiny. Do away with them and we have light, good roads, quality schools, standard health facilities, etc.

what us mudslide? Is it the same as flooding ? Can someone educate me.

Wtf! Cooking watery beans was a lifesaver when I was in school. I am in solidarity with the students!

In a country where the political class appropriate most of the monies to themselves ? Ishaq Oloyede for President!

2017 Sample comparison
National Assembly budget- #125B
Population - 468 members
Ratio - #267m/member/year
Ekiti 2017 budget - #93B
Ekiti population - 2.3mllion
Ratio - #40,434/citizen/year
Imo budget - #102B
Imo population - 3.93million
Ratio - #25,954/citizen/year
Gombe budget - #69B
Gombe population - 2.35million
Ratio - #29,361/citizen/year
The nass is one of the major cankerworms eating Nigerians destiny. Do away with them and we have light, good roads, quality schools, standard health facilities, etc.

mrphysics:
Universities are so corrupt. How can they be asking for TSA waiver. Everyone is looking for a way to cheat the masses

TSA makes it easy for government to detect fraud but they won't want that. Same way NASS and NNPC rejected it. Nigeria is fantastically corrupt. Thank God Buhari insists on TSA unlike Jonathan.

omanzo02:
Corruption is not Nigeria's major problem, good policies and the right people to execute them are

Corruption is the one thing going to kill Nigeria. Corruption is the root cause of Book Haram and IPOBs demand for secession. Billions of naira meant for youths development is channeled into politicians foreign and local accounts. Diezanie is a case at hand.

2017 Sample comparison
National Assembly budget- #125B
Population - 468 members
Ratio - #267m/member/year
Ekiti 2017 budget - #93B
Ekiti population - 2.3mllion
Ratio - #40,434/citizen/year
Imo budget - #102B
Imo population - 3.93million
Ratio - #25,954/citizen/year
Gombe budget - #69B
Gombe population - 2.35million
Ratio - #29,361/citizen/year
The nass is one of the major cankerworms eating Nigerians destiny. Do away with them and we have enough money for light, good roads, quality schools, standard health facilities, etc.

2017 Sample comparison
National Assembly budget- #125B
Population - 468 members
Ratio - #267m/member/year
Elkiti 2017 budget - #93B
Ekiti population - 2.3mllion
Ratio - #40,434/citizen/year
Imo budget - #102B
Imo population - 3.93million
Ratio - #25,954/citizen/year
Gombe budget - #69B
Gombe population - 2.35million
Ratio - #29,361/citizen/year
The nass is one of the major cankerworms eating Nigerians destiny. Do away with them and we have light, good roads, quality schools, standard health facilities, etc.
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VargasVee:
So she even had time to tape it?


That guy's a baby donkey. Tomorrow she might wake up and tell you she doesn't like handicaps


I would be mad to try that. What am I, Man of steel ?

Since time immemorial it is d mans duty to protect his woman unless u are still a baby. That guy is an hero and an alpha male. Even lesser animals fight for their female matting partners. If u can't as a man then u are a coward and lesser than an animal. Our African forefathers send only men to war to protect their wives. If u can't ,then ur wife and daughters will get raped in ur presence. Which one do u prefer?

omanzo02:
Corruption is not Nigeria's major problem, good policies and the right people to execute them are

Say that in China and let's see what they do to you. Nowhere in the world are people jailed or killed for having bad policies or wrong people.But they are jailed or killed for being corrupt except Nigeria. Nigeria has never been short of development plans/policies -Operation feed the nation, vision 20-20, NEEDS , etc or smart people like NOI, Emeka Anyaoku,etc. Corruption remains the bane of Nigeria. Do u know how much NASS members appropriate to themselves yearly in this poor nation? Many Nigerians can't feed three times daily and our representatives are buying #17m cars totaling #6b. Why can't they look for #5m utility cars and divert the rest to infrastructural needs? - corruption.

krendo:
Talk is cheap

What did he do on when in office?

He made Paris Club wipe off debts accumulated by many previous Nigerian govt before him. Also, successfully privatised the telecommunications sector- compare Objs telecoms privatisation with GEJs power sector privatisation. Waged the most successful war against corruption ever under Ribadu. Compare Ribadu under OBJ to Farida/Lamorde under GEJ......

2017 Sample comparison
National Assembly budget- #125B
Population - 468 members
Ratio - #267m/member/year
Ekiti 2017 budget - #93B
Ekiti population - 2.3mllion
Ratio - #40,434/citizen/year
Imo budget - #102B
Imo population - 3.93million
Ratio - #25,954/citizen/year
Gombe budget - #69B
Gombe population - 2.35million
Ratio - #29,361/citizen/year
The nass is one of the major cankerworms eating Nigerians destiny. Do away with them and we have light, good roads, quality schools, standard health facilities, etc.

So a man who steals is better than one who makes honest mistakes? No wonder majority are suffering because people like op condones corruption. FYI, the sin of corruption is unforgivable.

If u are not a thief come and defend yourself in Nigerian court .

And what is PDP - party of corruption ?

They are totally insensitive to peoples sufferings!!! Thieving lawmakers!!!

nextstep:
I have to agree with you. I used to be an OBJ hater thanks to his first military regime, but even then, I realize that the country has always made progress with him at the helm.

Yes, he is a stabilizing factor.

Hate him or like him, Obasanjo remains the most effective President Nigeria ever had. Highly intelligent. Even bubu still consults him from London.

Neminc:
All I can glean from the story is that two promiscuous slay queens went for all night olosho runs and after several rounds of marathon knacking by uncircumcised rods they were too exhausted to escape when a fire started in their hotel room. And now I am supposed to say R.I.P right? Even when I know that in hell right now, the devil is boiling them in a big pot of hot water and singing Ajekun Iya. No, I can't deceive myself. I can only advise those slay queens who are still alive "beware of runs, it kills"

Many Nigerians like u are hypocrites. You have already judged the girls even in death. It shows how callous and mindless u are. Meanwhile, don't be surprised that u will find urself in hotter part of hell when u die. Even Jesus said judgement begins from d house of God. Pharisee!!!

2017 Sample comparison
National Assembly budget- #125B
Population - 468 members
Ratio - #267m/member/year
Ekiti 2017 budget - #93B
Ekiti population - 2.3mllion
Ratio - #40,434/citizen/year
Imo budget - #102B
Imo population - 3.93million
Ratio - #25,954/citizen/year
Gombe budget - #69B
Gombe population - 2.35million
Ratio - #29,361/citizen/year
The nass is one of the major cankerworms eating Nigerians destiny. Do away with them and we have light, good roads, quality schools, standard health facilities, etc. OUR MUMU DON DO!

2017 Sample comparison

National Assembly budget- #125B
Population - 468 members
Ratio - #267m/member/year

Ekiti 2017 budget - #93B
Ekiti population - 2.3mllion
Ratio - #40,434/citizen/year

Imo budget - #102B
Imo population - 3.93million
Ratio - #25,954/citizen/year

Gombe budget - #69B
Gombe population - 2.35million
Ratio - #29,361/citizen/year

The nass is one of the major cankerworms eating Nigerians destiny. Do away with them and we have light, good roads, quality schools, standard health facilities, etc. OUR MUMU DON DO!

0b100100111:
Instead of getting busy to know the root cause and proffering preventive methodology or solutions to reduce or eiminate re-occurence, they re busy thanking God and begging him to have mercy

Mental slavery!

My brother, I tire for Nigerian mentality oo. When an oyinbo have accident they do analysis of d cause and how to prevent a reoccurrence or minimise it. But in Nigeria they might spent a whole month doing thanksgiving in church as if God needed to prove himself. Nobody is doing analysis of what to learn from this accident.

TreasuredLeidy:
Eiyha, sorry. Some men are beast

Why men only? Can't a woman do same? Stop feminism. Next time say some people are beast( male and female).

Fabulocity:
Yimu, story! Men visit strip clubs because they are PERVERTS! See that idiot that has cheated on his wife more than half a dozen times in a year! I hope he catches a disease and his rotten prick falls off!!!

Ahaha, my sister. Why curses? Jesus said we should love our neighbours and pray for their conversion. Just keep praying for us guys. Right?

But their own budget of 100+billions for less than 500 of them was not given to private - public partnership. Kontinu, stealing senators.