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Ben Bruce - Salary Earners Should Pay 5% Tax So The Unemployed Can Get Their 5k. by Olamitisoji(m): 11:48pm On Nov 12, 2015
Ben Murray Bruce today tweeted that the Employed Graduates should pay 5% of their salaries as tax so the unemployed can get the N5000 stipend promised by Buhari's administration. Abeg who go do this as an act of patriotism, person Wey go do am scare for naija.

See tweets below.

Lalasticlala, Seun.

Re: Ben Bruce - Salary Earners Should Pay 5% Tax So The Unemployed Can Get Their 5k. by flylykace: 11:56pm On Nov 12, 2015
How many % will they then remove from every political office holder' salary

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Re: Ben Bruce - Salary Earners Should Pay 5% Tax So The Unemployed Can Get Their 5k. by Olamitisoji(m): 12:17am On Nov 13, 2015
flylykace:
How many % will they then remove from every political office holder' salary
I wonder oh am sure he is also addressing the public office holder like himself also.
Re: Ben Bruce - Salary Earners Should Pay 5% Tax So The Unemployed Can Get Their 5k. by mandhi(m): 12:24am On Nov 13, 2015
Action speaks louder than voice, better still lead by example.
Re: Ben Bruce - Salary Earners Should Pay 5% Tax So The Unemployed Can Get Their 5k. by kYjelly2: 12:30am On Nov 13, 2015
I hope all these guys above me attacking him are not members of the APC, cause that would just be the height of confusion in my book undecided

Here is a guy, trying to turn the impossible to possible, laying a blueprint for the APC, but I'm sure they'll still diss him. Same way they dissed him for trying to motivate Fashola, asking if Fashola is the cause of the problems, smh!

Every time this guy comes up with something sensible, naija peeps always shoot it down, i just don't get that yo!
Re: Ben Bruce - Salary Earners Should Pay 5% Tax So The Unemployed Can Get Their 5k. by Olamitisoji(m): 12:49am On Nov 13, 2015
kYjelly2:
I hope all these guys above me attacking him are not members of the APC, cause that would just be the height of confusion in my book undecided

Here is a guy, trying to turn the impossible to possible, laying a blueprint for the APC, but I'm sure they'll still diss him. Same way they dissed him for trying to motivate Fashola, asking if Fashola is the cause of the problems, smh!

Every time this guy comes up with something sensible, naija peeps always shoot it down, i just don't get that yo!
me no dey attack him oh, I just hope senators and other public office holders follow suit cos this is really a way out.
Re: Ben Bruce - Salary Earners Should Pay 5% Tax So The Unemployed Can Get Their 5k. by biochea(m): 1:39am On Nov 13, 2015
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Re: Ben Bruce - Salary Earners Should Pay 5% Tax So The Unemployed Can Get Their 5k. by Lanretoye(m): 5:15am On Nov 13, 2015
Btw,tot this man's job is in the red chamber,how come his legislation is on twitter?.
I forgot he is the new chairman,senate committee on twitter and now that they want to teach them how to use facebook,he will have more responsibility.

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Re: Ben Bruce - Salary Earners Should Pay 5% Tax So The Unemployed Can Get Their 5k. by segalex: 5:49am On Nov 13, 2015
Ben Bruce is just playing to the gallery, when he came on board the noise was about how he would champion pay cut for the National Assembly, but almost 6 months down the line, nothing is heard from our dear senator again.
A more sensible position for him would have been to advocate for significant paycut from the political office holders and not from the poor civil servants, a 5%cut in his total allowance alone would go a long way in achieving this 5k for the unemployed graduates.
Suffice to say here however that I personally think that what the youths need in this country is massive reduction in the unemployment rate in this country rather than paying one useless 5k per month
Re: Ben Bruce - Salary Earners Should Pay 5% Tax So The Unemployed Can Get Their 5k. by Ghandi12: 6:20am On Nov 13, 2015
BMB used to enjoy a sublime respect from many but all his stands since becoming a Nigeria Senator has depicted him a pettish and unreliable politician.

He has spoken vociferously (pre-nass-inauguration) on how he was going to be the voice for commoners in the Senate but he has not made a single meaningful contribution on the floor since the Senate was inaugurated 5 months ago.

Social palliative for underprivileged in our society is a serious issue that deserves serious attention from our leaders - but a vague,impulsive and illogical recommendation from a 'commoner hope' like this has again confirmed "they do not really care about us".

# How would an overpaid politician justify a call for further dip in the take-home of an average tax-payer to pay underprivileged?

# Has BMB considered how many N5000 is derivable from N150/ N120 Billion (the current first-charge budget of the 469-membered-NASS)?
N150 Billion = N5, 000 x 30,000,000 people

# Has BMB considered how much N5000 is derivable from N29,479,749 (the current monthly take-home of a Nigeria Senator)


Basic Salary – 2,484 245.50
Hardship Allowance (50% of B.S) – 1 242 122.70
Consistuency allowance (200% of B.S) – 4 968 509.00
Furniture Allowance (300% of B.S) – 7 452 736.50
Newspapers Allowance (50% of B.S) – 1 242 122.70
Wardrobe Allowance (25% of B.S) – 621 061.37
Recess Allowance (10% of B.S) – 248 424.55
Accommodation (200% of B.S) – 4 968 509.00
Utilities (30% of B.S) – 828 081.83
Domestic Staff (75% of B.S) – 1 863 184.12
Entertainment (30% of B.S) – 828 081.83
Personal Assistance (25% of B.S) – 621 061.37
Vehicle Maintainance Allowance (75% of B.S) – 1 863 184.12
Leave Allowance (10% of B.S) – 248 424.55
Severance grautity (300% of B.S) – 7 452 736.50
Motor Vehicle Allowance (400% of B.S) – 9 936 982.00 – Every Four Years
Senators’ salary per month – N 2 456 647.7
Total = N 29 479 749 * 109 Senators
Grand Total = N 3 264 329 264.10
https://cattembam./breakdown-of-nigerian-senator-earnings/

N29 Million = N5, 000 x 5,800 people. In other words BMB as a Senator is taking home what 5,800 Nigerians may survive on every month.
So if One BMB (as a public servant) is taking home an equivalent of 5,800 needy needs; on what moral ground is he calling on much-less-paid and hard-working tax-payers to part more from their take-home that can hardly, even, take them home.

BMB is either over-rated, deliberately insensitive (like others) or/and lazy.

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Re: Ben Bruce - Salary Earners Should Pay 5% Tax So The Unemployed Can Get Their 5k. by Opinedecandid(m): 6:21am On Nov 13, 2015
PDP Senators making sense since.
Ben Bruce, Ike Ekeremadu, Godswill Akpabio, etc.

Ride on, be on the part of the masses.
Re: Ben Bruce - Salary Earners Should Pay 5% Tax So The Unemployed Can Get Their 5k. by EternalTruths: 6:29am On Nov 13, 2015
How many Nigerians earn more than #50000 monthly .?


Tell Buhari to use oil money gotten from the sale of groundnut oil to pay the unemployed.


After all Buhari promised the JUJU called CHANGE grin
Re: Ben Bruce - Salary Earners Should Pay 5% Tax So The Unemployed Can Get Their 5k. by ckmayoca: 7:21am On Nov 13, 2015
Olamitisoji:
me no dey attack him oh, I just hope senators and other public office holders follow suit cos this is really a way out.

Tell that to 18k salary which deductions, tax, compulsory pension NHF are already been deducted from there salary and even also pay 10 percent tithe to church.
Re: Ben Bruce - Salary Earners Should Pay 5% Tax So The Unemployed Can Get Their 5k. by vladimiros: 7:45am On Nov 13, 2015
ckmayoca:


Tell that to 18k salary which deductions, tax, compulsory pension NHF are already been deducted from there salary and even also pay 10 percent tithe to church.

anyone who earn minimum pay and still pays Church tithe. is an idiot
Re: Ben Bruce - Salary Earners Should Pay 5% Tax So The Unemployed Can Get Their 5k. by ckmayoca: 11:18am On Nov 13, 2015
vladimiros:


anyone who earn minimum pay and still pays Church tithe. is an idiot

Haaba! Bros u harsh small ooo. Therre shld be better word to qualify such with.
Re: Ben Bruce - Salary Earners Should Pay 5% Tax So The Unemployed Can Get Their 5k. by dammiecool(m): 11:25am On Nov 13, 2015
How much dis guy dey pay hin staff 4 silver bird sef

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