₦airaland Forum

finicky:
A very good idea, but Please protesting on a Saturday might not really work it's better on a Monday or any other day of the week, we can also spread the idea round and I believe with very little effort we can get a lot of support. Someone also mooted this idea on rainbow fm this morning, I have read in this thread that Bar. Ubani did the same thing on another radio station, a friend also called me this morning to discuss the possibility of a protest, we just need to spread the word around and not limit it to nairaland ot twitter.

joseph1832:
Better still, can't we petition the body responsible for drafting NASS salary? I believe the legislators will say they are not the ones fixing their salary and renumerations...

Whynotthetruth:
Sorry for my outburst boss...Cc torkata...

But we need this protest as it will bring immediate result than recall option offered by my man@torkata...Recall is a VERY rigorous process if not impossible...

torkaka:
. . . . . . .cretin, it takes the same amount of time planning a protest with the same amount of time planning a recall . . . . . . . . .or you think the ordinary man will just land at your venue without knowing what he is getting there for? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .mooncalf, how many times have you protested against the excessiveness of legislators, and how many times have they obliged you? . . . . . . . . . .schmuck, when do you plan to stop looking at the distance as against starting the journey? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .nitwit, how many years do you want to spend barking before you start biting? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .doodle, if those assembly members have never felt your fangs, how the hell do you think they will ever take you serious? . . . . . . . . . . . . .you are beneath me, you sc.um!!

SarahBabyxx:
Spot on!! To think that people who just say 'aye and nay' and pass useless bills get paid such amounts....and we wonder why we aren't moving forward

PassingShot:
Are you for real?

Have you thought of many who have not been paid a dime for the past eight months?

Have you thought of many wandering about without any hope of eating today?

Have you thought of many jobless graduates who are even more qualified than the thieves in the NASS, struggling to survive?

loluadeoye:
Good move here..I'm in!!!

I suggest we create a BBM forum for communication of time and venue for Lagos state. Here is ma own pin:2639C30E !!!

bayulll01:
Hey are you on menstrual crumbs,be civil u are a lady and stop behaving like a leecch,simple questions and your are going senile

Whynotthetruth:
I know you won't disappoint in throwing more bile.... BTW I did apologise for my outburst... so I am waiting for your own apology...also forward your sister's contact as compensation for insulting an elder

Seriously, spare some time and read through the recall process of a lawmaker and see how impossible abi herculean the processes are...

torkaka:
. . . . . . . . . . .how long can you hold such a protest in the raining season? . . . . . . . . . . .at what point do you envisage that people will break and go back home? . . . . . . . . . . . .I repeat, start with your individual representatives, that way you will force them to talk and say where they stand (instead of hiding behind a collective decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . it is high time one of these assembly members is made a scape goat using the recall power . . . . . . . . . . . .if 109 and 360+ are faced with a recall, what are the chances of not catching one fish?

bayulll01:
This is how we do it,let's do the protest,and we will state it categorically during interview to the media that we will recall any I repeat any of the law makers that collect the wicked and barbaric allowance,we will go to their various constituency,we will malign them,expose them,and disgrace them,and they should not think about re election

MzJackBaueress:
lalasticlala and Ishilove. This poster has broken rule number 2. Kindly take action.

Thanks

bettercreature:
There will always be poor people my brother beside i dont think all these money is our major problem,Nigeria is damn Rich! if government can stop corruption this country is going to be like DUBAI,they have been collecting this money since 1999 and am sure Barcanista knows it he is just being an arse looking for a way to bring down the new government

Kolade354:
If I ever Go to jail in Nigeria, Make Sango Punish me..............This is Day-Light Robbery mehn..................Person never chop for osun-state one senator go dey collect 12m as allowance......Barcanista spot on bro, Nigeria is in deep mess and I must also embezzle one day

Obiagelli:
@barcanista, we shouldn't just go and protest like chickens without heads, what exactly are we fighting against? The wardrobe allowance is chicken change because these legislators get 250% of their basic salary as constituency allowance. That should be our FOCUS.

Whynotthetruth:
its well then...

Dollyak:
Nigeria is not rich at all, well not anymore anyways. Richness to me is high Gdp (Nominal and per capital), and High Hdi. We are not even in the top 30 in either.

barcanista:
Bros, you de vex o! U still wan chop your own share?


They collect 250% as constituency allowance and another 40m each every quarter for "Constituency project" (all end up in pockets).

This protest should be for the suspension of the proposed N9b payment first. Then among ourselves we nominate people to thoroughly look into the earnings of these legislators and we all propose a new one for them and real cut. We take this proposal to the NASS and force them to pass it into law for implementation (this should be the long term focus). Right now the immediate one is the N9b allowance that they are planning to take next week. We can't afford to fail

bettercreature:
There will always be poor people my brother beside i dont think all these money is our major problem,Nigeria is damn Rich! if government can stop corruption this country is going to be like DUBAI,they have been collecting this money since 1999 and am sure Barcanista knows it he is just being an arse looking for a way to bring down the new government

Dollyak:
Nigeria is not rich at all, well not anymore anyways. Richness to me is high Gdp (per capital), and High Hdi. We are not even in the top 30 in either.

torkaka:
. . . . . . . . .the day I apologise to you, Nigeria will be a first world country . . . . . . . . . . .goon, the closest you can get to my sister is via your imagination with your hand in your trousers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .if you look at how high the mountain is, you will never climb it . . . . . . . . . .in other news, the deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon. Lasun Yussuf seems to be the person most supporting this bounty . . . . . . . . . . .he can be made the face of the wardrobe allowance . . . . . . . . . . .and the scapegoat theory can be initiated on him

Whynotthetruth:
Your first two responses to me qualifies you as a kid...

Anyway, have made my point because I believe in reality and feasible ideas not building castle in the air or dreaming up utopian ideas...the practicability of recall is nil in the interim...thanks and good day...

. . . . . . . . . . . .GET BEHIND ME S****!!!!

PassingShot:
That things have been done wrongly since 1999 doesn't mean we have to carry on with it in 2015 especially when the nation is bleeding. Besides, this is a step toward the fight against corruption as I see this as a disguised corrupt practice.

I understand your misgiving about the OP but this is a fight for Nigeria. A fight to start the process of taking back our country from the corrupt politicians.

Btw, the money was approved under GEJ's administration and not PMB's.

bettercreature:
The only solution is to reduce people in Government,either 3 rep from each state and 2 senators,As Sanusi said Nigerian Politician are consuming close to 50 percent of the total revenue generated in this country,People in government are just so many

Obiagelli:
Even though I believe all issues be tabled at once, I support this movement.

PassingShot:
There are many solutions and to stop (or reduce) the wardrobe allowance is surely one of them.

bayulll01:
We wait for @barcanista and @omojuwa final resolution on the timing,once the time is set,we look at logistics and how we can have free non violence protest without it been hijacked by tout and agberos