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After SARS. Go After NASS And Institutionalized Corruption. by NGpatriot(op): 5:43pm On Oct 11, 2020
Corruption and incompetence is really the reason why Nigerians are suffering.


National Budget is N10

Federal Government keeps N7.5 in form on Recurrent Expenditure

N2.5 For the rest of the country

It means the rest of the country, I mean over 200 million people must scramble and make do with N2.5.

This is why we don't have good roads, good bridges, good schools, good hospitals, good general infrastructures and social programs and policies, this is also why Nigerians live on less than $1/day.

When you have the highest paid Senators and Legislators in the world consuming so much and getting paid $597,000 per year in salaries and allowances, $100, 000 more than what America the richest country in the world is paying their president and still collecting massive and ridiculous allowances.

For the entire National Assembly, the annual cost for 109 Senators and 360 House of Representatives comes to around ₦69 billion ($226 million) a year - enough to pay 191,954 civil servants the minimum wage.

On top of that, they still collect and hare hundreds of billions in for of constituency projects that they mostly pocket for themselves.

Capital expenditure for health or education in 2020 is ₦20 billion less than the annual salaries of the National Assembly.

Now, ask yourself, are we getting our money's worth per what we are paying these public official? No.

In Nigeria, being a Senator or Reps is more lucrative than private enterprise, this is why politics is always a do or die affair in Nigeria.

My point is, their is almost no money in the federal budget for the average Nigerian for basic amenities and this is why Nigerians are suffering, but we always don't pay attention to the main issue and the main reason why we are suffering.

Nearly every kobo in our budget is consumed by the government with little or nothing left for 200 million people to love on.

Same is the case at the state level, after paying workers and government officials, there's little or nothing left to do anything for the people.

We must either restructure the Federal and state governments, abolish the presidential system of government which os too expensive for us to run, to maintain and sustain because this is one of the reasons why we are in debt.

We are practically borrowing to pay public officials at the expense of the masses and until we as a people rise up to change that equation in our favor, the suffering continues.

SARS is just the beginning.
Re: After SARS. Go After NASS And Institutionalized Corruption. by ourema(f): 5:50pm On Oct 11, 2020
The big thing will happen one day. Human as soon as they are successful in an event they may likely engage in something bigger next time. Its human nature
Re: After SARS. Go After NASS And Institutionalized Corruption. by Justpassingby45(m): 5:51pm On Oct 11, 2020
My and our mean problem is Muhammedu Buhari
Re: After SARS. Go After NASS And Institutionalized Corruption. by gabazin080(m): 5:55pm On Oct 11, 2020
we are not serious yet. SARS isn't our biggest problem but hunger and bad governance. we are silent about the increase in fuel price and electricity tariff hike but trending endsars.
though I have once been a victim of SARS brutality because I get dreadlocks and do not support SARS killings and police brutality but this protest is sponsored by Yahoo boys and criminals.
SARS is not our biggest problem
Re: After SARS. Go After NASS And Institutionalized Corruption. by NGpatriot(op): 5:56pm On Oct 11, 2020
Justpassingby45:
My and our mean problem is Muhammedu Buhari
Is PMB the collecting and pocketing and spending the ridiculous amount of money the legislature that you voted for and sent to Abuja are collecting?

Unfortunately, PMB is not and can not be your problem, look inwards because your state governors collects FG allocations from PMB every month to look out for your welfare and to provide basic amenities for you on top of the taxes they collect from you.

When was the last time you demanded accountability from your state governors? When was the last time you asked them to account for the massive security votes they pocket every month?.
Re: After SARS. Go After NASS And Institutionalized Corruption. by NGpatriot(op): 5:58pm On Oct 11, 2020
When NAS on top of the massive amount of money they consume every month and every year, did the Nigerian public demonstrate or protest when they decided to spend billions on cars for themselves?
Re: After SARS. Go After NASS And Institutionalized Corruption. by History555: 6:09pm On Oct 11, 2020
Op start the protest abi leg dey pain you
Re: After SARS. Go After NASS And Institutionalized Corruption. by helinues: 6:13pm On Oct 11, 2020
Make una take this things one after the other..
Re: After SARS. Go After NASS And Institutionalized Corruption. by Rugaria: 6:16pm On Oct 11, 2020
NASS should be the next target... The are useless! Only rubber stamping every bill put infront of them by Buhari and then collecting billions. Folks should mass at that complex and until they run
Re: After SARS. Go After NASS And Institutionalized Corruption. by Wiseandtrue(f): 6:17pm On Oct 11, 2020
NGpatriot:
Is PMB the collecting and pocketing and spending the ridiculous amount of money the legislature that you voted for and sent to Abuja are collecting?

Unfortunately, PMB is not and can not be your problem, look inwards because your state governors collects FG allocations from PMB every month to look out for your welfare and to provide basic amenities for you on top of the taxes they collect from you.

When was the last time you demanded accountability from your state governors? When was the last time you asked them to account for the massive security votes they pocket every month?.
Unfortunately Buhari is not doing enough, he's the problem!!!

No be NASS employ MAINA, late Baru that was awarding unofficial contract naw undecided

The grasscutter contractor, Babachir Lawal has not been persecuted up till today

Infact at a time, he was campaigning for Buhari

Ganduje was caught live collecting bribe, but Buhari turned blind eyes

Orji Uzor Kalu whom his people even complained about is freed undecided

What do you call feeding school children at homehuh

Let it be an opposition that had just a bullion van in his home, you and I know what would have happened by now ...

Let's face it, Buhari is fantastically corrupt

And that's why the NASS, governors are having a field day, as him dey do him own, they self dey do their own
Re: After SARS. Go After NASS And Institutionalized Corruption. by GreyLaw(m): 6:49pm On Oct 11, 2020
Sorry, OP you support Buhari like your life depends on it. Go and do the protest against the senators. Nigerians believe the president has been very poor in every aspect. And we reserve the right to think so.

I don't trust your motives. You shield the executive who are the main theives, not even the legislature. The president is borrowing the life of Nigeria away, enshrines nepotism which gnaws away at the very life blood of the so-called Nigerian unity, and disobeys the court's like no man's business. You think we have forgotten? No!

Tell me one thing, just one, that this current president and his team have done better than the previous governments. Please mention just one! The legislature is just a mirror image of the executive and not the other way round.

Buhari campaigned with restructuring as his main bait. Today he feigns ignorance and you say we should ignore him and go after his subordinates? No way!

They all should give account, but it has to start from the very top. Yes, from the president and all the way down.
Re: After SARS. Go After NASS And Institutionalized Corruption. by nairalandankrah: 6:50pm On Oct 11, 2020
Yes!!!we can
Re: After SARS. Go After NASS And Institutionalized Corruption. by Agbegbaorogboye: 6:54pm On Oct 11, 2020
NGpatriot:
Is PMB the collecting and pocketing and spending the ridiculous amount of money the legislature that you voted for and sent to Abuja are collecting?

Unfortunately, PMB is not and can not be your problem, look inwards because your state governors collects FG allocations from PMB every month to look out for your welfare and to provide basic amenities for you on top of the taxes they collect from you.

When was the last time you demanded accountability from your state governors? When was the last time you asked them to account for the massive security votes they pocket every month?.
Lol. See zombie. NASS is the problem not buhari. You never know where the thing dey bite you.
Las las you go dey alright grin
Re: After SARS. Go After NASS And Institutionalized Corruption. by NGpatriot(op): 7:12pm On Oct 11, 2020
Wiseandtrue:
Unfortunately Buhari is not doing enough, he's the problem!!!

No be NASS employ MAINA, late Baru that was awarding unofficial contract naw undecided

The grasscutter contractor, Babachir Lawal has not been persecuted up till today

Infact at a time, he was campaigning for Buhari

Ganduje was caught live collecting bribe, but Buhari turned blind eyes

Orji Uzor Kalu whom his people even complained about is freed undecided

What do you call feeding school children at homehuh

Let it be an opposition that had just a bullion van in his home, you and I know what would have happened by now ...

Let's face it, Buhari is fantastically corrupt

And that's why the NASS, governors are having a field day, as him dey do him own, they self dey do their own
I agree with you, the president is not doing enough, but you must know that the president is just the president and even though he should have done more regarding the corrupt folks hired by the presidency and the ones under the president within his control, but in cases like Kalu, that's a reflection of our corrupt and corruption colluding judiciary which the presidency doesn't control, that's another corrupt arm of government just like the legislature

Your Bullion Van issue is misguided and a needless distraction, it's ok to hate Tinubu, that's your prerogative, but you must know that renting a Bullion Van in Nigeria is not a crime and sharing your money with the needy is not a crime so I wonder why you people shout Bullion Van up and down when in fact no law wa broke and no crime was committed.. You betray your own concerns with such arguments.

Focus on real issues.
Re: After SARS. Go After NASS And Institutionalized Corruption. by StaffofOrayan(m): 7:12pm On Oct 11, 2020
Lol revolutionary no fit you
Stick to your Sai barbarism

Re: After SARS. Go After NASS And Institutionalized Corruption. by SLAP44: 7:14pm On Oct 11, 2020
Justpassingby45:
My and our mean problem is Muhammedu Buhari
The next protest will bring this country to its knees.
Re: After SARS. Go After NASS And Institutionalized Corruption. by Wiseandtrue(f):
NGpatriot:
I agree with you, the president is not doing enough, but you must know that the president is just the president and even though he should have done more regarding the corrupt folks hired by the presidency and the ones under the president within his control, but in cases like Kalu, that's a reflection of our corrupt and corruption colluding judiciary which the presidency doesn't control, that's another corrupt arm of government just like the legislature

Your Bullion Van issue is misguided and a needless distraction, it's ok to hate Tinubu, that's your prerogative, but you must know that renting a Bullion Van in Nigeria is not a crime and sharing your money with the needy is not a crime so I wonder why you people shout Bullion Van up and down when in fact no law wa broke and no crime was committed.. You betray your own concerns with such arguments.

Focus on real issues.
;D cheesy cheesy grin president does not have influence over the judiciaryhuh grin cheesy grin grin grin as was the case of Onnoghenhuh

Abegiii

If saying the truth mean that I hate Tinubu, well I can't help what you are thinking

Tinubu violated laws hence the the invitation for petition which was also forwarded by Deji Adeyanju

The initial argument by your likes is that no one knows the content of the bullion van, now it's his money and he was sharing it to the poor grin grin grin

Is Tinubu that generoushuh

Na you get stadium, get field, get players, get goal post grin so dey shift am the way you like

If it was Okezie Ikpeazu that had 2 bullion vans in his home, will you say the same thinghuh
Re: After SARS. Go After NASS And Institutionalized Corruption. by MarrisManah(m): 7:48pm On Oct 11, 2020
These same things you enumerated happened in previous administration... OP you and your ilks put the blame squarely on Jonathan (I actually did too), we even labelled him clueless! Same thing is happening without an end in sight and you're here trying to absolve Buhari from blame.
The problem of this country is people like you, not the politicians. Those that are willing to turn blue to black just to score cheap political points.
You never expected this result from the #endsars protests, hence you're trying to make it look like it's a misplaced priority.
By the way, who told you that moving large sum of money in cash by a private citizen does not violate any laws? How many of the laws do you know?
Sars has been disbanded. Rejoice or hide your face.
Re: After SARS. Go After NASS And Institutionalized Corruption. by NGpatriot(op): 8:15pm On Oct 11, 2020
These include motor vehicle maintenance and fuelling. This is pegged at 75 percent of their monthly salary.

Others are personal assistant – 25 per cent; domestic staff – 75 per cent; entertainment – 30 per cent; utilities – 30 per cent; newspapers/periodicals – 15 per cent; wardrobe – 25 per cent; house maintenance – five per cent; and constituency – 250 per cent.

There are other entitlements that they are not paid to them directly but provided and paid for by the government. These are for their special assistants, security and legislative aides.

What this means is that those in this capacity are paid directly by the government as the allowances cannot be claimed by political office holders. These allowances apply to senators and Reps.


Medical expenses are also borne by the government when they have a need for health services.

The lawmakers are also entitled to tour duty allowance, estacode (when they travel) and recess allowances. For a senator, the tour duty allowance is N37, 000 per night; the estacode is $950 per night and the recess allowance is 10 per cent of their annual salary.

For a member of the House of Representatives, the tour duty allowance is N35, 000 per night; the estacode is $900 per night and the recess allowance is 10 per cent of their annual salary.




http://saharareporters.com/2019/05/15/469-members-national-assembly-receive-n468bn-welcome-package
Re: After SARS. Go After NASS And Institutionalized Corruption. by Rugaria: 8:19pm On Oct 11, 2020
NGpatriot:
I agree with you, the president is not doing enough, but you must know that the president is just the president and even though he should have done more regarding the corrupt folks hired by the presidency and the ones under the president within his control, but in cases like Kalu, that's a reflection of our corrupt and corruption colluding judiciary which the presidency doesn't control, that's another corrupt arm of government just like the legislature

Your Bullion Van issue is misguided and a needless distraction, it's ok to hate Tinubu, that's your prerogative, but you must know that renting a Bullion Van in Nigeria is not a crime and sharing your money with the needy is not a crime so I wonder why you people shout Bullion Van up and down when in fact no law wa broke and no crime was committed.. You betray your own concerns with such arguments.

Focus on real issues.
What a load of 'patriotic rubbish' we have here..

Re: After SARS. Go After NASS And Institutionalized Corruption. by NGpatriot(op): 8:30pm On Oct 11, 2020
25 per cent; domestic staff – 75 per cent; entertainment – 30 per cent; utilities – 30 per cent; newspapers/periodicals – 15 per cent; wardrobe – 25 per cent; house maintenance – five per cent; and constituency – 250 per cent.
Only in Nigeria.
Re: After SARS. Go After NASS And Institutionalized Corruption. by akinwunmi21393: 9:31pm On Oct 11, 2020
The big way will happen one week. Human as soon as they are success in an extravaganza they may likely engage in someway bigger coming moment. Its humankind extent
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