By Seun Opejobi Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has said the office running cost of the House of Representatives is the “...
By Seun Opejobi
Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has said the
office running cost of the House of Representatives is the “real devil” and not
salary.
Sani made the remark while commending the House of
Representatives for slashing their salaries.
Posting on X, Sani wrote: “The Reps slashed their
salaries.That is a good symbolic gesture.I commend them.But the real Devil is
the Office running cost and not the Salary.”
Similarly, the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential
candidate, Atiku Abubakar likened the “sacrifice” of the lawmakers as a drop in
the ocean.
Atiku said the demons are in the allowances and not salaries
of the lawmakers.
He posted on X: “The sacrifice of members of the House of
Representatives is commendable. But it is a drop in the ocean. The demons are
in the allowances and not the salaries of lawmakers and government officials in
general.
“Whatever happened to the much-trumpeted implementation of
the Oronsaye Report? Recently, the ballooning of MDAs with the attendant cost
implications has been observed.
“There’s too much wastage and prioritisation of
non-essential expenditures. What is desirable is an across the board cut in
expenses. We can no longer afford to borrow money to fund continued
irresponsibility in government.”
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