Do members of the National Assembly still believe that Nigerians are fools? Even if they think we are, must they insult us by rubbing it on us?

On Wednesday, Nov 4, 2015, I was watching the Senate's planery when the issue of the rising rate of unemployment was raised by Senator Bassey Akpan with a motion “to curb the soaring rate of unemployment in Nigeria.” Was the motion meant to impress Nigerians or to deceive us? Are they really sincere?

NASS Members Also Part of The Problem
The Senators and their House of Representatives counterpart are part of the problem facing this country. They are a contributing force to our unemployment challenge. How else can one justify the fact that these people allocates N10billion and N120billion just to run themselves monthly and annually respectively? This sum is not only ridiculous but insulting when you even consider that the people that makes up the National Assembly are just 469 legislators and few Civil servants of the Nationaly Assembly Civil Service Commission that are not more than the population civil servants in two local government in Lagos state. More painful is the fact that the civil servants despite their little population are paid 'peanuts' compared to the Senators and Representatives.


They Earn More Than States Though They Have No Responsibility
This is the National Assembly that has very few members and ZERO capital project to execute but receives more allocation than states that has lots of responsibilities to attend to. For instance, Lagos with so much responsibility get approximately N7billion monthly, Kano get N4.8billion, Kogi N3.1billion, Ekiti N2billion. In fact, the NASS is even competing with Rivers state, an oil producing state that earns about N10billion monthly and Akwa Ibom that earns N11 billion monthly. These states have to share their allocations with their LGAs, pensioners, and all the civil and public servants in the state. These states still have additional responsibility of executing capital projects. Why then should we clap for the NASS? Funny enough, the NASS get more money than all oil producing states except Akwa Ibom and Rivers that they compete with.

If They Are Really Sincere...
Sincerely, if the National Assembly members are truly concerned with the rising spate of unemployment, they would simply cut down their immoral N10 billion monthly earning by 50% and establish empowerment fund where they'll channel 50% of what they currently earn I.e N5billion/month. These funds will be executed in ways that will create jobs, promote job creation in the society, and will be supervised by the NASS. This is a means to show their sincerity, not the mockery of a rhetoric motion that is aimed at mocking Nigeria youths and scoring cheap political points that they aim to use to exploit the masses in the next election.

Let me also remind us that this is not the first time motions like this will be moved in both chambers of the National Assembly. This National Assembly members have deliberately refused to cut their unholy allocation to create room for more funds for Nigerians despite several cries by members of the public. Even people like Ben Bruce that made lot of noise on twitter before his inauguration as Senator has gone mute over the subject.

APC and Buhari Are Not Living To Expectation
During the electioneering period, the APC promised annual 3million jobs and monthly 250,000 jobs. Five months into the administration, not a SINGLE job has been created. Instead we keep hearing more job loss.


As a Nigerian, I am very much disturbed with this rising spate of unemployment which has become a menace in the society. I that believe this issue is one that need holistic attention and not one to play politics with. Despite being in opposition, it is my prayer that the incumbent government get it right in order to move Nigeria forward. As for the Senators, they should look for some other things to pre-occupy themselves if they are bored instead of promoting motions to deceive gullible Nigerians into believing that they are working when they are not.



May God Bless Us All and Bless Nigeria

Ok!

Funny Enough... No one has ever heard that a NASS member has been charge to court over money laundering or corruption... Yet they are the richest citizens...

They've been reported to be the highest paid senators in the world...

The red and green carpet members do nothing but to move motions and make easy decisions that a creche pupil will make and yet earns 1/9 of the country's wealth...

This country is rich...but we're suffering... They'll say, if 5k is given to poor citizens that it'll make them lazy... Silly excuses that doesn't hold weight!

Shame to Nigeria... Shame to Buhari.. Shame to APC

we need to scrap this bicameral legislature. they constitute a huge drain to the nation's meagre resources.

next we need to make it a part-time job for them politicians.

then all the salary scale and emoluments of Nigerian politicians must be be tied to a percentage of the minimum wage, so that if you tinker with the minimum wage it will affect your own wage too. if you increase your the minimum wage goes up, you decrease the minimum wage, yours follow suit.

Ioannes:
we need to scrap this bicameral legislature. they constitute a huge drain to the nation's meagre resources.

next we need to make it a part-time job for them politicians.

then all the salary scale and emoluments of Nigerian politicians must be be tied to a percentage of the minimum wage, so that if you tinker with the minimum wage it will affect your own wage too. if you increase your the minimum wage goes up, you decrease the minimum wage, yours follow suit.

We don't really need to scrap the bicameral legislature. Part time status and placing them on minimum wage will solve a lot. Also their legislative Aides should be drawn from the civil service.

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The truth is both sides of the divide were playing to the gallery on the day they were arguing for and against the unemployment welfare policy. There was banter, jokes and side jests by the senators, even though they were discussing a serious issue like unemployment. On that said day, the senators were simply being mischevious and tacky. But I will blame the APC more, for letting this whole welfare promise hullabaloo get out of hand. Just a simple apology and a new plan, would set things straight. But, instead of sanity, the APC have chosen madness and propaganda with their new Wonder 8 trillion naira Ghost plan. Everyone has again picked sides over an issue which is simply another propaganda gone too far

hinwazaka:
The truth is both sides of the divide were playing to the gallery on the day they were arguing for and against the unemployment welfare policy. There was banter, jokes and side jests by the senators, even though they were discussing a serious issue like unemployment. On that said day, the senators were simply being mischevious and tacky. But I will blame the APC more, for letting this whole welfare promise hullabaloo get out of hand. Just a simple apology and a new plan, would set things straight. But, instead of sanity, the APC have chosen madness and propaganda with their new Wonder 8 trillion naira Ghost plan. Everyone has again picked sides over an issue which is simply another propaganda gone too far

You have virtually said it all. Those guys were so bored that they employed mockery tool to keep themselves busy. As for APC, the promised 250,000 monthly job is being relegated for another fraudulent 8trillion naira fund for 2016 budget.

SHUT UP! Barcanista solomon ossas,your governor in your state edo is the major problem

*coughs*

Sure! Since those nitwits can shoot down an initiative that would put food on the common folk's table.... They aren't part of the problem; they are the problem!

During the electioneering period, the APC promised annual 3million jobs and monthly 250,000 jobs. Five months into the administration, not a SINGLE job has been created. Instead we keep hearing more job loss.

I never believed an APC govt would create 1million jobs in 4yrs, talk less of 3million jobs annually.

ALL Nigerian politicians are fraudsters.

TonyeBarcanista:

We don't really need to scrap the bicameral legislature. Part time status and placing them on minimum wage will solve a lot. Also their legislative Aides should be drawn from the civil service.

and who has the power to do that? Are they not law-makers This people are very selfish!!! They are the MAIN problem of Nigeria...every 'good' deeds each successive govt might want to fulfil has always bin frustrated by them!..for me, the NASS has to be suspended till further notice..the executive should juggle along with legislation together with the judiciary..

The NASS members know very well that we can only do little or nothing. We stay here and make noise, when it is time to act, you see no one to rep.

LouisVanGaal:
and who has the power to do that? Are they not law-makers This people are very selfish!!! They are the MAIN problem of Nigeria...every 'good' deeds each successive govt might want to fulfil has always bin frustrated by them!..for me, the NASS has to be suspended till further notice..the executive should juggle along with legislation together with the judiciary..

That will only create room for dictatorship.

Motions been moved in corpers CDS meetings are more qualitative,difficult and fruitful than what those fat,lazy old men do up there.They dont even deserve hundred thousand monthly.

PRYCE:
Sure! Since those nitwits can shoot down an initiative that would put food on the common folk's table.... They aren't part of the problem; they are the problem!

Very greedy set of people

Unemployment has been on the rise since the last transition of the Nigerian Govt from Military to Democracy. Blame NASS, blame APC, blame PDP and blame anyone you want to blame but stop singling out a Political Party that got formed barely 4 years ago for a situation that's been on the rise since the 90s.

Djicemob:
Motions been moved in corpers CDS meetings are more qualitative,difficult and fruitful than what those fat,lazy old men do up there.They dont even deserve hundred thousand monthly.

I was with these sets of youths yesterday and they seemed to be of the mindset that except there's a Revolution, not even Malcom X or Luther King or Mandela can rescue us. . . Somehow I agree.


Some people just need to die for this country to progress

TonyeBarcanista:
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I have noticed you've not been tagging my e-wife lately - Mizmycoli ?

JigsawKillah:



I was with these sets of youths yesterday and they seemed to be of the mindset that except there's a Revolution, not even Malcom X or Luther King or Mandela can rescue us. . . Somehow I agree.


Some people just need to die for this country to progress

As in ehn!

True bro

TonyeBarcanista:
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you are going stale daily. Your rants has no bearing because we in PDP don't trust you.

That thought-provoking moment when Barcanista decides to make sense. It sometimes makes me wonder whether you're bipolar. .

Kudos bro, you're spot on this time on!

Only you had to spoil everything by copying @Hinwazaka and @Chukwudi44. Which meaningful contribution those ones want make? Unless if you're calling them in in gatemen's capacity!

Too many confusions in the land lately.....when the likes of Saraki (a legendary looter par excellence) is ur Senate President, Dino Melaye (a certified Agbero) and other clowns rule and reign in your hallow chamber what do you expect........ so much for Senate makes their own law just for them not brainstorming on how to evoke bills that will affect lives of the citizens positively.

DrownedFish:
you are going stale daily. Your rants has no bearing because we in PDP don't trust you.

Honestly, I never knew you exist and I never mentioned you. You can keep your trust to your picket my friend or take it elsewhere.

"We in PDP ko", "we in Kowa ni".....#Shift

malton:
That thought-provoking moment when Barcanista decides to make sense. It sometimes makes me wonder whether you're bipolar. .

Kudos bro, you're spot on this time on!

Only you had to spoil everything by copying @Hinwazaka and @Chukwudi44. Which meaningful contribution those ones want make? Unless if you're calling them in in gatemen's capacity!

I really don't understand some of you o. I am partisan(Yes) but my loyalty is FIRST to Nigeria before any other group/Association. Hence, sometimes(and when necessary) I create apolitical threads to bring up issues that affect us as a people. Shey na everytime person go de wail ni?

@Hinwazaka and @Chukwudi44 are worthy comrade irrespective of their position on some Subject......Just like you

DrownedFish:
you are going stale daily. Your rants has no bearing because we in PDP don't trust you.

Kini ki? Werin he do u? Is this ya contribution? Sometimes when you av natn to say just say nothing

ishiamu:


Kini ki? Werin he do u? Is this ya contribution? Sometimes when you av natn to say just say nothing

Maybe him smoke weed for the irst time