Undoubtedly Channels Television have to go extreme miles in other to get out the earnings of legislators together. (Check below for the enclosed full figures)
We all can clearly see that the looting of this country Nigeria starts from those at the top, they all keep on talking about the salary of an average Nigerians forgetting that the senators, legislators and your governors too are also on salary but we don’t care to talk about it because we don’t know the figures and they will never go into details to reveal their salary.
How can one man be earning almost 2.5 million Naira as basic salary alongside these incentives and yet nothing absolutely nothing to show for it and the common is receiving just 30,000 minimum wage meanwhile these senators has the power to make laws, as summarized in chapter one, section four of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria but over the last few years you all will quite agree with me that the laws they have been passing does not favour the common man but themselves.
Hardship allowance as stated in the image is 50% of their basic salary, I’m yet to understand what this allowance is meant for, how can someone be receiving allowance for hardship? The same hardship that we the common man are facing back to back yet we surviving it without allowance.
Furniture allowance is 300% of their basic salary, what exactly are they really doing with this allowance?
In case you still don’t understand 300% of 2.4 million is 7.2 million now, what furniture will cost those amount? And we are all glamouring for a better Nigerian why don’t they patronize MADE IN NIGERIA furnitures in order to save cost after all the best wood can be found in Nigeria.
Newspaper allowance is 1.2 million, really? Is there even a need for this at all when we are in digital age now, you can get news at your fingertips through your phones and even from your television.
There are so many things that doesn’t make sense and yet they are receiving money for it, it is high times Nigerians wake up to challenge these so called “Senators” so that themselves as a senator can make the law to cut down their own allowance and salaries and then channel it towards other sectors that are lagging behind.
The constituency contract speculated 250 million for members of House Of Representatives and then Double or triple for the Senator and yet we have members representing us in our areas and other areas in Nigerian yet we have nothing to show for it as the constituency roads are bad, no health care or even the least water in major areas. The mother of all the evil why people are killing themselves by every means to become the governors is because of the SECURITY VOTE. Some states get about 1 billion upwards while some get 800 million which does not make any sense because it is not well utilized, if it were utilized properly our Police and Military personnel won’t be this corrupt.
This security vote should be scrapped with immediate effect and I will take them to court if its not done. Every Nigerian should rise up, and fight for these allowances to be reduced because the average Nigerian can not make $25 a month because our money is so poor and devalued.
My name is Dr Patrick Osagie Eholor, aka Ultimate Equals,
Democracy Observer-General,
Senior Advocate of the masses (SAM)