₦airaland Forum

synergycom19:
Most of you like defending GEJ without even thinking,
Why didn't GEJ reduce there satanic allowances amidst dwindling revenues like President Yar'ADUA did during the meltdowns resulting in lower oil prices,but because his actually is what you mentioned above.

Firefire:
God bless the OP,

Nigeria current government setup is too bogus and a complete waste of resources.

Imagine the amount this legislooters will share as severance package when an average Nigerian lives on less than $2 dollars per day.

If the 2.8Bn Nigerian Naira is invested in education or rather shared to the jobless Nigerians, how better will this country be?

I keep asking those castigating Goodluck Jonathan, is Jonathan the only person running the affairs of this country?

Apart from this severance package, the whooping constituency allowance collected by the legislators are unaccounted for and nobody in their constituency is demanding accountability.

What justification do we have for this wastage?

We have painted black white for a long time in this country, it’s time to rise and call spade a spade, enough of wasteful government, enough of rotating leadership position among the same class since 1960.

May God heal Nigeria and give wisdom to those that requires it.

Shalom!

beejaay:
interesting!!! So u dont know that the national assembly is an independent arm of government,they make there own budget independent of the executive... Sometimes its better to keep quite and appear intelligent than to speak out and erase all doubt

myaokija:
Look at dm legislators both from APC and PDP, none will shout whn money is involved. God bless my country Nigeria.

Meiji:
My guy, you didn't need to waste your breath responding to him. Some people's cases are beyond redemption.

dsquare33:
I just pray that revolution would take place in nigeria so that the recurrent expenditure in all spheres of governance will drastically be reduce especially that of the senate and house of representative.These people will milk nigeria dry and it will be at the expense of the masses.

fitzmayowa:
We want to tackle wastage and corruption indeed, when our law makers make corruption legal...SMH

Everyone agrees PDP is corrupt, but our so called "CHANGE and PROGRESSIVE" agent why are they not speaking against something like this...SMH

This just proves one thing whether PDP or APC they are birds of a feather...SMH

dein77:
I tell you. I also share this sentiment! The Independence came way to early, plus we weren't prepared and mature enough to engage in the demanding and arduous task of building a nation worthy of standing for decades, if not centuries. Our leaders thought Independence was the same thing as building a great nation through selflessness, visionary leadership, focus and determination.

Politically, we, especially the masses, are not well aware and alive to the massive power we wield. Our lazy looters understand this, and are utilising it fully to their advantage.

It rather sad and depressing that threads like this are very unpopular. Reason is simple: the average Nigerian runs away from threads that demand critical thought, sound arguments, and dispassionate matters. They will rather grace threads that spread violence, division, partisan politics, and celebrities gists.

It's on issue as this one concludes we are not ready for the needed change. All the so called change matter na emotional appeal.

The national assembly is one of the greatest hindrances to our development as a people. Till we watch them bumper to bumper, and occasionally protest against them, we are on a long thing. There's no reason whatsoever what these thieves should earn the jumbo pay they do earn. IIt's an insult to the Nigerian workers!

stan241:
We just aren't and will never be ready and to think the minimum wage is barely 20k while house members who won't even sit for the total number of times they are meant to get to cart away over a million bucks as basic pay and you wonder why a teacher will want to put in his maximum or a health worker when he or she knows what the govt pays barely even covers transportation for that month...youth corpers getting peanuts monthly for service to their fatherland while some big belly agbada wearing psychophany earns millions and and comes during election and shares 1k to attend his rally..No wonder to you hear someone has been in the the chambers since 1999 and you begin to wonder what that person kept there that he/she keeps wanting to go back

hahn:
While we are busy looking for Buhari's certificate or calling GEJ clueless(amongst other things), I really believe we should call for the reduction of the salaries of these people at least by 80%.

How can we start?

ramalot:
I say we start an internet movement to reduce the income of a Nigerian senator by at least 90%
Not just their salaries but their allowances as well
They DO NOT deserve to earn as much as they do.

The "official annual salary" or whatever mentioned here is only a tiny fraction of their official income when "allowances" of ridiculous proportions are calculated.

If Nigeria as a nation CAN NOT afford to pay its lowly civil servants minimum wages equal to that of the United States, then they will need to explain exactly why the rules change drastically for so-called "law makers" who only make laws that line their pockets with public funds.

We HAVE to do this NOW, and question these rogues.

Firefire:
God bless the OP,

Nigeria current government setup is too bogus and a complete waste of resources.

Imagine the amount this legislooters will share as severance package when an average Nigerian lives on less than $2 dollars per day.

If the 2.8Bn Nigerian Naira is invested in education or rather shared to the jobless Nigerians, how better will this country be?

I keep asking those castigating Goodluck Jonathan, is Jonathan the only person running the affairs of this country?

Apart from this severance package, the whooping constituency allowance collected by the legislators are unaccounted for and nobody in their constituency is demanding accountability.

What justification do we have for this wastage?

We have painted black white for a long time in this country, it’s time to rise and call spade a spade, enough of wasteful government, enough of rotating leadership position among the same class since 1960.

May God heal Nigeria and give wisdom to those that requires it.

Shalom!

QuiverBox:
Don't we have APC members in the national assembly? Why have they not rejected this Figures

Firefire:
Their progressiveness is only to attack Jonathan, call him clueless and incompetent and never to address the injustice being done to Nigeria citizens through this their criminal self-settlement.

I had expected all APC Senators and Honorable Members to give a descriptive documentary of how they disbursed the constituency allowance collected on behalf of the people they represent.

- Bola Tinubu wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, representing Lagos Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly being the wife of the leader of APC should come out and point to the fruits of the constituency allowance this past four years.

- I expect all APC Senators & Reps to follow same and tell us their achievements especially in Lagos the HQ of APC.

If this legislooter decides to go ahead and pay themselves this severance package then the 1999 Federal Republic of Nigeria Constitution, which requires the lawmakers to sit for a minimum period of 181 days in a year will be violated

Investigations carried out by the National Mirror already revealed that members of the House of Representatives only sat for 57 days, while the senate on its part has sat for about 78 days.

Therefore, a proration of the severance package is required base on the number of days seated. i.e. House of Reps should be paid using 57/181 x the total payout, amounting to 31% while the Senate should be 78/181 x the total payout, amounting to 43% any other formula or attempt of 100% payment is tantamount to fraud and daylight robbery.

God bless The Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Shalom!

These guys have continued to take us for fools, no little thanks to our political naiveté, division, docility and indifference.

Kudos to the good work by National Mirror. If these touts accrue such money to themselves, in the face of this constitutional breach, then we are finished.

These guys need more scrutiny and lampooning than the President!

Firefire:
Their progressiveness is only to attack Jonathan, call him clueless and incompetent and never to address the injustice being done to Nigeria citizens through this their criminal self-settlement.

I had expected all APC Senators and Honorable Members to give a descriptive documentary of how they disbursed the constituency allowance collected on behalf of the people they represent.

- Bola Tinubu wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, representing Lagos Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly being the wife of the leader of APC should come out and point to the fruits of the constituency allowance this past four years.

- I expect all APC Senators & Reps to follow same and tell us their achievements especially in Lagos the HQ of APC.

If this legislooter decides to go ahead and pay themselves this severance package then the 1999 Federal Republic of Nigeria Constitution, which requires the lawmakers to sit for a minimum period of 181 days in a year will be violated

Investigations carried out by the National Mirror already revealed that members of the House of Representatives only sat for 57 days, while the senate on its part has sat for about 78 days.

Therefore, a proration of the severance package is required base on the number of days seated. i.e. House of Reps should be paid using 57/181 x the total payout, amounting to 31% while the Senate should be 78/181 x the total payout, amounting to 43% any other formula or attempt of 100% payment is tantamount to fraud and daylight robbery.

God bless The Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Shalom!

simpleseyi:
Poor National Assembly members. Some of them will curse their parents because of money. However, their own share of national cake is far less than the 9.3 billion naira Jonathan and Ngozi-Okonjo Iwealla approved for the purchase of cooking stoves for rural women. How foolish can a world bank trained fraudster called Ngozi-Okonjo Iwealla and the Otueke fisher man be. Most of these fraudsters will spend hundreds of years in prison when Buhari finally takes over, if you doubt me ask Jim Nwobodo that stole money not enough to buy a Peugeot (apology to our thieving president).

stan241:
This is no APC/PDP bashing ground pls....yes they are all theives whether broom or umbrella party or any other political party from the head who is the president to your local government chairman so no one should come here to mention party politics...its good you've mentioned the slashing of their salaries and a percentage they should actually be earning that's what this thread should be all about....morning

Meiji:
I know the NL partisan crowd will not comment on this thread since it doesn't talk specifically about Jonathan or Buhari or about PDP and APC. Apparently BOTH parties are perfectly satisfied with the status quo. Yet our gullible people will line up and take bullets for their "rock star" politicians who don't give a toss about them or their future.

We are a naïve, shallow, credulous people.

major466:
Personally I won't mind if the national assembly is barnished from the constitution. They're are basically useless.

ramalot:
I say we start an internet movement to reduce the income of a Nigerian senator by at least 90%

They DO NOT deserve to earn as much as they do.

The "official annual salary" or whatever mentioned here is only a tiny fraction of their official income when "allowances" of ridiculous proportions are calculated.

If Nigeria as a nation CAN NOT afford to pay its lowly civil servants minimum wages equal to that of the United States, then they will need to explain exactly why the rules change drastically for so-called "law makers" who only make laws that line their pockets with public funds.

We HAVE to do this NOW, and question these rogues.

dein77:
Hahahahhahah. Or at least let the Senate be scrapped. These thieves have a whooping N150 billion as budget every year.

BoboYekini:
What would you have us do? We condemn these thieving lawnmowers, but in a system like this change comes from the top down. Have an incorruptible and effective executive and the rest of the government falls quickly in line.