April 30, 2019 Kemi Busari
Nigerian lawmakers have allocated N23.7 billion as severance gratuity for outgoing lawmakers of the National Assembly.

The sum will also cover allowances for incoming legislators, their aides, funds for National Assembly induction and inauguration of the 9th Senate.

The benefit was captured as a separate line item in the 2019 appropriation bill passed by the lawmakers on Tuesday.

The amount was broken down to N23, 678, 770, 079 in the bill.

Details of the disbursement were not made available.

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, had on April 12 released details of the 2018 National Assembly budget in a tweet.

In the summary page, the 45-page document showed that N139.5 billion was budgeted for the National Assembly in 2018.

Of this sum, N35 billion was allocated to the Senate, while the House of Representatives got N57 billion.

About N10 billion was budgeted for legislative aides, the National Assembly Office got N15 billion and the National Assembly Commission received N2 billion.

About N4.4 billion was allocated to the National Assembly Legislative Institute and N1 billion was appropriated for the service-wide vote of the legislature.

The disclosure came amidst pressure from Nigerians for the National Assembly to make its spending public.

Despite this, however, the National Assembly failed to release figures of line items in its 2018 budget.

‘Reasons for huge severance package’

The chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, Danjuma Goje gave reasons for the increment.

Presenting the committee’s report on Tuesday, Mr Goje said such package only comes up once in every four years.

“There is a slight increase in the budget deficit. This is as a result of the provision for severance benefits of the outgoing legislators and legislative aides, the induction/orientation and inauguration of new legislators, all of which occur once in four years, but were inadvertently not captured in the 2019 budget proposal.

“There was also the need to provide more fund for the security and intelligence agencies to deal with additional, emerging, unforeseen challenges in the country,” he said.

The 2019 budget proposal was passed with an increase from N8.83 trillion proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari to N8.916.

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This is very shameful considering the bogus allowances you guys are pocketing for just sitting down and doing absolutely nothing! This kind of news is so devastating to the ears of every hustlers trying to make a living while these people continue t allocate our Commonwealth to themselves.

Of course it can only happen in a mumu and docile country like Nigeria, where itts citizens go dey do sit don look, the legislative arm will steal and loot,executive will do same and judiciary too is cesspool of CORRUPTION, nobody to embark on mass protest as long as the people are divided along ethnic, tribal and religious lines, what a gullible country

GOFRONT:



"Nigeria has the highest paid legislators representing the poorest people in the world."

you can say that again look at how much they collecting but yet it was difficult to sign #30 000 as minimum wage

A man will serve this country with his body and soul for 35 years + years of suffering and still yet won't make up to 5 million savings, this is really Bad and disheartened, and I say and will say this kinda news will lead the weak hearts to commit suicide and engage into fraudulent activities...23B for 109 people.. This Na Oppression of the highest order

the job lucrative Wella.

Saraki's parting gift for himself and cohorts. We are truly cursed with horrendous leaders

There was a country where #OurMuMuNEVERdo#

That's what they are know for.Whereas nednwoko would be giving his to his yellow girl.National money to the pocket of a lady/girl

Yeeee !!!!, these people have sucked Nigeria dry !!!!!
These people are running a very lucrative business !!!!
I am just imagining if all these billions is used in feeding hungry children, or used to fix electricity problem in major cities .
This is sad.

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What are we going to do about it?

Are we just going to whinge on Nairaland and Twitter, or are we going to put a stop to it somehow?

It's better this country is nuked and everyone becomes history than everyone to continue living as slaves. What kind of audacity and guts, these politicians have seen the whole citizens as fools who can never do anything no matter what.

One day if i'm pushed to the wall, i will do the unbelievable. I'm really starting to hate this shiiiiit.

They know we would only complain on social media. .

Our legislators continue to amass wealth at the detriment of your people.

To think that some of these mo.rons that will get the severance package are still be coming. One will wonder what exactly they're paying them for. 23 billion for legislators in a country where poverty reign supreme?
If anybody ever dares to think this country is going to get better without a bloody revolution or disintegration, then he might as well expect a fowl to grow canines.
It's a matter of time. Everything will end very soon.

Endtime senator. U wont hear this from dino or shehu sani

Just imagine!
Seriously Nigeria is doomed for massive failure before the year 2030.
See the amount of money allotted to 109 people for doing nothing. If you talk they’ll say you should work hard and get there like say na the whole Nigeria fit be senator!
*spits on the imminent grave of this zoo country*!

so how much did they put in for power generation?

rusher14:
What are we going to do about it?

Are we just going to whinge on Nairaland and Twitter, or are we going to put a stop to it somehow?

The problems of Nigeria would be fixed if we stop pointing fingers at politicians and fix ourselves, starting from a day old baby .
Our problems in Nigeria stems from our value system.

An average Nigerian is wired to have "long throat", you can even see that at parties and ceremonies, with people eating multiple plates, while denying they have eaten . They are not concerned that other people at the party would eat too, all they care about is filling themselves to the brim.This may seem like a "crazy" analogy, but think about it deeply, what politicians are doing is just a higher level of this kind of act.GREED.

Most people calling politicians thieves , would do the same or even worse.

Let's all fix ourselves and inculcate the right value system.Every other thing would fix itself. The government is only a reflection of majority of its citizens.

Highest Legitimate income/benefits in Nigeria ends here, no other pays more

Lol and some poverty riddled people will come here and be doing"My tribe is better than yours" while this guys pocket the entire country.Very good.Nigerians deserve what they get.Talk about misplaced priorities.Una mumu never even reach quarter to finish.

How much does each of them go home with monthly? Before i know how to start my own ranting!!

And the fake activist and opportunist called shehu sani will be asking how the colonial masters managed to connect the country with rail line without borrowing. And he stupidly forgot that what few of them are taking away from the country today in the name of law makers is far higher than the entire country's budget as that time.

They use divide and rule, hungry citizen defend them and some even lost their lives fighting for these vultures. For the one that were ex - Governors they will get this allowance and still receive pension from their states. For those who have been part of the 6th,7th and 8th Senate they have pocketed the said amount 3x. It is not rocket science why we have violence mar elections. So sad!

Dude please just shut up.
Stop typing sound bytes.
You think Europeans are not corrupt?
You think the Chinese are not corrupt?
These same 'law makers' have refused to make corruption a capital offense.
If your like change yourself into an angel, they would still rob you blind.

Donald3d:


The problems of Nigeria would be fixed if we stop pointing fingers at politicians and fix ourselves, starting from a day old baby .
Our problems in Nigeria stems from our value system.

An average Nigerian is wired to have "long throat", you can even see that at parties and ceremonies, with people eating multiple plates, while denying they have eaten . They are not concerned that other people at the party would eat too, all they care about is filling themselves to the brim.This may seem like a "crazy" analogy, but think about it deeply, what politicians are doing is just a higher level of this kind of act.GREED.

Most people calling politicians thieves , would do the same or even worse.

Let's all fix ourselves and inculcate the right value system.Every other thing would fix itself. The government is only a reflection of majority of its citizens.

Who this SENATORS HELP THE ONLY BENEFICIAL I GOT FROM THEM SINCE 2015 IS THE BANNED OF POST UTME THERE ONLY GO THERE TO CHOP MONEY...
PRESIDENT BUHARI USE THOSE MONEY TO PAY MINIMUM WAGE LEMME TUNE MY RADIO AND HEAR YOUR PROMISES FOR CIVIL SERVANT TODAY BEEN THE WORKERS DAY