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Good move. They should take a bold step further and cut their allowances.

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Change.

October1960:
They probably make more than American Senators.

Corrected , there is not confusion on that fact, forget their American counterparts they make more than the American president

Praise thy Lord

so lets know how much their take home is ?

LordOfTheWeed:
Foolish polithiefcians, they think they are smart ba? What of allowance?

do take your time to read next time before commenting, so you won't be termed..........

to review downward the salaries and allowances of federal lawmakers at the National Assembly by 50 per cent.

What's the difference? This guys will implement other ways of looting the country dry.... Zero tolerance my d**k!

If Senators accept 50% pay cut,

it would be a welcome development

and good omen for our Country.

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ideas here!

Pay cut in salary is inconsequential compared to the bogus allowances. Let them have a pay cut in allowances and have a full pay in salary......

It is most amazing and pathetic that most people read salary and skip the allowances as clearly indicated

What has gone wrong with our reading culture

"to review downward the salaries and allowances of federal lawmakers at the National Assembly by 50 per cent."

Why Jang?

Keneking:
Ok

- Saraki must go
- Ekweremadu must go
- Allowances must go
- No immunities for SP and DSP
- Orji, Akpabio, Jang, Oduah must go

Then we can discuss

It is today that I know 90% don't read .. They just comment like ignorant mofos on nairanland ... Smh

loifez:
It is most amazing and pathetic that most people read salary and skip the allowances as clearly indicated

What has gone wrong with our reading culture

"to review downward the salaries and allowances of federal lawmakers at the National Assembly by 50 per cent."

The fact is allowances are usually a percentage of your salary so any downward review in salary would translate to a slash in salary but most people here just read the topic and forget to use their brains.

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Are you kidding me?

Their useless stress allowance and office allowance with all the other useless allowances are what we want them to cut.

Make it 95% and Nigeria will finally get value for money from its Senate.

Nigerians love deceiving themselves. Cut the goddamn allowances and we will take you serious.

I am sympathetic to the APC cause but in this case I want to be neutral. I expected the APC senators to champion this cause but I guess our change mantra will never reach the allowances.?

siraj1402:
Nice move,looking for day the the legislation will be voluntary and attract no kobo,maybe the politicians will let Nigeria and the Nigerians be.

keep dreaming

Keneking:
Ok

- Saraki must go
- Ekweremadu must go
- Allowances must go
- No immunities for SP and DSP
- Orji, Akpabio, Jang, Oduah must go

Then we can discuss

Saraki must stay
Ekweremadu must stay
Allowance must stay
Yes immunities for SP and DSP
Orji,Akpabio,Jang,Oduah must stay
Then we can discuss.

Tvegas:
Nigerians love deceiving themselves. Cut the goddamn allowances and we will take you serious.

I am sympathetic to the APC cause but in this case I want to be neutral. I expected the APC senators to champion this cause but I guess our change mantra will never reach the allowances.?

The change mantra is a charade.

Most of those screaming 'change' have been involved in the business of government for a long time - the problems that they claim to have discovered are issues that they were party to and that they profited from.

kennygee:
Which yeye pay cut?

Na the allowance cut be koko now.

All this pay cut talk na wash.

Read the reports now. The cut is for salaries and allowances.

He who wants to be great in heaven, must be ready to serve and wash others feet...

Jesus

Keneking:
Ok

- Saraki must go
- Ekweremadu must go
- Allowances must go
- No immunities for SP and DSP
- Orji, Akpabio, Jang, Oduah must go

Then we can discuss

I still can't believe Oduah made it back there! Some constituencies sha....

R

Fingers crossed.

Please leave the lawmakers salary alone. intact, I would rather they increase their salary by 100% and scrap their allowances altogether.

This is a very good way to start.

I just hopefully believe before end of his tenure he will leave them with five naira in their pocket!

“...The Eighth Senate is doing its best to ensure the success of the present administration. In line with policy of President Muhammadu Buhari to eradicate corruption in all sectors of the economy, we (senators) have already agreed to implement 50 per cent salary cut.

In 2015 Nigeria we need figures, figures, and more figures. This is how transparency and trust can be forged in the system. We the masses have complained about the inappropriate allowances of the NASS members, particularly in the face of persistent dwindling of the nation revenue base and attendant job losses. "Salary cut" sounds dubious when people have also been complaining about the allowances.

Although it is the constitutional duty of RMFAC to prescribe the NASS pay but a concern and trust-seeking NASS will do much more to empathize with the masses by:

Making public all that is, currently, accrueable to every lawmaker - say in a year;
Propose a straight fractional cut that is even much less than RMFAC proposals;
Decimate their N95 Billion annual budget into acceptable figures (N5 - N10 Billion).

Essential NASS structures are already rooted, past budgets since 1999 have already equipped offices with conveniences and tools. Budgets have been made in the past for computers, internet and other working appliances (there should not a Billion naira budget for researches). So new budget should just maintain these facilities, pay workers and not start embarking on new superfluous ventures.

Until they do this they can never earn the respect of most Nigerians. We have always seen them as rogues and erasing this opinion in our minds will take more than canards.

Read the write up properly!

LordOfTheWeed:
Foolish polithiefcians, they think they are smart ba? What of allowance?

hahn:
This is a start.

They should scrap allowances and earn minimum wage. Then we'll know they have arrived

Bros minumum wage na N15k oooooo, you won make all our senators and house of reps members begin earning 18k, bros i fear u oooo.. lol