As the Members of the House of Representatives resumed from a two-month recess, the lawmakers have on Wednesday launched an agitation for a N7m increase in their quarterly allowances.
According to Punch newspaper, the lawmakers, each of whom currently enjoys N27m per quarter as allowances, now want the sum jerked up to N35m. As a result, Speaker of the House, Aminu Tambuwal, reportedly had a hectic time trying to calm his colleagues down at an executive session on Wednesday.
Besides seeking increased allowance, some of the lawmakers also raised issues of financial impropriety against the leadership of the House, questioning how the “N5m” budgeted for each member’s medical expenses and insurance was utilised by the House.
According to one of them, “transparency and accountability were the main issues discussed at the executive session… There are 360 members; we have funds budgeted for medical allowances and insurance… If you put aside some funds for these sub-heads, which is about N5m, we have to know how this money is being utilised.”
Meanwhile, the Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Zakari Mohammed, has denied that issues of increased allowances and use of the House funds were mentioned at the executive session. According to him, “It is not true; there was nothing like that as far as I am concerned.”
u collect 27million and yet u know more when we have youth service who have not been paid and civil servant are crying,the poor mass are crying of hardship and dis idiotic are collecting millions.Boko haram are not fighting the good fight,what dey ought to do is get all dis idiotic politicians and get ride of them.
Am nt surprise of hearing this,nt at all.
God i pray giv more bombs to boko haram nd kidnapers to go after d relations our polticians ,demselves nd children. they are oficial criminals
yes I love that 7million is too poor they shuld increase it to 15million we have the money. No good plan for the masse. one day the rich will all so cry. This country is a personal republic of nigeria
Nig. pple would come out en-mass to descipline them.
God dey watch all of una oooo. Why r u pple nt always satisfied Nigerians r seriously suffering no job 4 d graduates all u pple do is 2 keep on shearing our money. God go judge all of una 4 d hardship wen una dey add 2 dis country
SMH!!! What audacity??? At a time like this!!! Anyway, since almost all of them are either ritualist, 419, miscreants(area boys) and a bunch of jokers, do you expect any more than this rubbish?
Boko Haram, these are those you suppost to kill instead of killing the poor. They are thieves stilling the country money. The poor are crying which majority of can’t avoid rent house, the youth are jobless even those do youth servant are crying hunger but you there saying 27m is not enough for you ah!! You are all thieves. The ways to stop act is to depart,we ohers country how their treating their citizens. Let depart if that the best way
if its true, may thunder …….
Pls just invite d bokoharam a beg 2 deal wit dis nussance piple im vry sure dat they cant demand 4 such amount of money infront of bokoharam
Wen there are people earning as low as 5k everymonth! I wonder who these people represent! Curses upon them and their sily heads and may damnation be their companion! No bit of human feeling! Smh! NIGERIA NEEDS A REVOLUTION!