| Re: We Can’t Disclose Our Allowances – Senate by Totleowi(m): 12:17pm On Sep 11, 2017 |
Every sensible, honest and tax paying Nigerian should be seriously offended. |
| Re: We Can’t Disclose Our Allowances – Senate by Max24: 12:33pm On Sep 11, 2017 |
bloody thieves!!! |
| Re: We Can’t Disclose Our Allowances – Senate by drnoel: 12:41pm On Sep 11, 2017 |
LocalChamp:
Published September 11, 2017
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu Abdullahi, has lamented the constant harassment of the Senate by Nigerians, adding that the upper legislative chamber cannot disclose its salaries and allowances.
Abdullahi said this during a live programme on Channels Television titled, ‘Politics Today.’
The Senate spokesman also refused to state how much the lawmakers earned in salary and allowances.
When asked to say how much he earned, Abdullahi said it was rude of the presenter to ask him how much each senator earned.
Abdulahi said, “You don’t expect me to come out on national television to say this is what I earn. It is not done. I cannot ask you as a journalist how much you earn. It is not done.
“If anybody is interested in how much we are getting paid, you know where to get the information. The documents are available. If Nigerians won’t believe that, is it what I will say that they will believe?”
The Senate spokesman said the figures released by the Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), were false, adding that the Senate’s budget was not even as high as what Sagay released.
He said Sagay was only trying to cause unnecessary tension between the National Assembly and the Presidency.
When confronted with the figures exclusively obtained by Channels Television which put the salary and allowances of each senator at N14m per month and House of Representatives members as N8m per month, Abdullahi said he could not confirm or deny the figures.
Abdullahi said the cost of democracy was not as high as the cost of not having democracy and Nigerians should look on the bright side.
He added, “This issue has become a recurring decimal. In the last two years people have been discussing this matter and I always ask myself, what do people really want to believe? I think if this subject matter has been discussed for two years and we are still looking at issues wrongly, then I think there is something wrong with us.
“The institutions that are responsible for providing this information are there. A law was promulgated on Top Salary Scale also known as TOPSA and it is based on this scale that everyone who holds one political office or the other gets paid.
“I want to also submit that I presume Prof. Sagay would have been paid based on the provision of this scale. For us in the National Assembly, the question needs to be asked ‘what is the cost of having democracy and what is the cost of not having democracy?’”
Sagay (SAN), had said last week that a Nigerian senator earns N29m per month.
“From the information I have gathered, a Nigerian senator earns about N29m a month and over N3bn a year,” the professor said.
He added, “Basic salary N2,484,245.50; hardship allowance, 1,242, 122.70; constituency allowance N4, 968, 509.00; furniture allowance N7, 452, 736.50; newspaper allowance N1, 242, 122.70.
“Wardrobe allowance N621,061.37; recess allowance N248, 424.55; accommodation 4,968,509.00; utilities N828,081.83; domestic staff N1,863,184.12; entertainment N828,081.83; personal assistant N621,061.37; vehicle maintenance allowance N1,863,184.12; leave allowance N248,424.55; severance gratuity N7, 425,736.50; and motor vehicle allowance N9, 936,982.00.”
http://punchng.com/we-cant-disclose-our-allowances-senate/ Na una cause am. That's why Nigeria can not be better |
| Re: We Can’t Disclose Our Allowances – Senate by Anticabal: 2:06pm On Sep 11, 2017 |
The funny thing is most the people commenting here will do worse when they get in there.
The solution is destroy the whole zoogerian system. Let everybody go home and build his own country. |
| Re: We Can’t Disclose Our Allowances – Senate by Ipayesco(m): 2:39pm On Sep 11, 2017 |
[quote author=LocalChamp post=60333570]Published September 11, 2017
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu Abdullahi, has lamented the constant harassment of the Senate by Nigerians, adding that the upper legislative chamber cannot disclose its salaries and allowances.
Abdullahi said this during a live programme on Channels Television titled, ‘Politics Today.’
The Senate spokesman also refused to state how much the lawmakers earned in salary and allowances.
Wh
What of life allowance |
| Re: We Can’t Disclose Our Allowances – Senate by Elbowroom: 3:00pm On Sep 11, 2017 |
9japrof:
Blame buhari for this, blame APc for this. A situation where the national assembly filled with 90 percent of the ruling party and still, the executive and the legislature are at odds could only signal one thing, a house that is not in order.
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| Re: We Can’t Disclose Our Allowances – Senate by dbelovd(m): 3:01pm On Sep 11, 2017 |
Why can't we trend #opensenate for as long as it will take those gluttons called leader to embrace transparency??
Why can't we come out with one voice to demand transparency in government at all level?
Opacity, is the root cause of all our problem..
Even if we restructure without accountability and transparency, these same sets of leaders will still collaborate with one another to loot us blind.
(The kind of collaboration in the Senate & house of rep among all political parties)
Let's deal with the opacity first... From there we can compel the politicians to receive commensurate income as their 'colleagues' in civil service... From there we will restructure bla bla bla
But first we must achieve accountability and transparency.. |
| Re: We Can’t Disclose Our Allowances – Senate by Akiika: 3:06pm On Sep 11, 2017 |
Nigerian youths will not be irked by this and take the protest to the street, they will be here bickering over idiots like Fayose, FFK and Nnamdi Kanu. Wasted and largely ignorant youths. Una neva suffer enough! |
| Re: We Can’t Disclose Our Allowances – Senate by kunletexs: 3:14pm On Sep 11, 2017 |
Blocks heads,
What happened to the Bill of Information Act passed years back?
It seems to me that many of this lawmakers are either plain stupid or are lacking in the knowledge of what they passed.
The people you are representing have the RIGHT to know how much you earn, fool.
In USA, the people know the salary of the presidency but here it is treated as Closed Secret.
You Are lucky their are no SNIPERS in Nigeria, If not you brains would be used to clean the floor.
Rubbish |
| Re: We Can’t Disclose Our Allowances – Senate by billyG(m): 3:35pm On Sep 11, 2017 |
charlie boy & co need 2 picket d NASS. |
| Re: We Can’t Disclose Our Allowances – Senate by ANOWEDGREAT: 6:06pm On Sep 11, 2017 |
LocalChamp:
Published September 11, 2017
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu Abdullahi, has lamented the constant harassment of the Senate by Nigerians, adding that the upper legislative chamber cannot disclose its salaries and allowances.
Abdullahi said this during a live programme on Channels Television titled, ‘Politics Today.’
The Senate spokesman also refused to state how much the lawmakers earned in salary and allowances.
When asked to say how much he earned, Abdullahi said it was rude of the presenter to ask him how much each senator earned.
Abdulahi said, “You don’t expect me to come out on national television to say this is what I earn. It is not done. I cannot ask you as a journalist how much you earn. It is not done.
“If anybody is interested in how much we are getting paid, you know where to get the information. The documents are available. If Nigerians won’t believe that, is it what I will say that they will believe?”
The Senate spokesman said the figures released by the Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), were false, adding that the Senate’s budget was not even as high as what Sagay released.
He said Sagay was only trying to cause unnecessary tension between the National Assembly and the Presidency.
When confronted with the figures exclusively obtained by Channels Television which put the salary and allowances of each senator at N14m per month and House of Representatives members as N8m per month, Abdullahi said he could not confirm or deny the figures.
Abdullahi said the cost of democracy was not as high as the cost of not having democracy and Nigerians should look on the bright side.
He added, “This issue has become a recurring decimal. In the last two years people have been discussing this matter and I always ask myself, what do people really want to believe? I think if this subject matter has been discussed for two years and we are still looking at issues wrongly, then I think there is something wrong with us.
“The institutions that are responsible for providing this information are there. A law was promulgated on Top Salary Scale also known as TOPSA and it is based on this scale that everyone who holds one political office or the other gets paid.
“I want to also submit that I presume Prof. Sagay would have been paid based on the provision of this scale. For us in the National Assembly, the question needs to be asked ‘what is the cost of having democracy and what is the cost of not having democracy?’”
Sagay (SAN), had said last week that a Nigerian senator earns N29m per month.
“From the information I have gathered, a Nigerian senator earns about N29m a month and over N3bn a year,” the professor said.
He added, “Basic salary N2,484,245.50; hardship allowance, 1,242, 122.70; constituency allowance N4, 968, 509.00; furniture allowance N7, 452, 736.50; newspaper allowance N1, 242, 122.70.
“Wardrobe allowance N621,061.37; recess allowance N248, 424.55; accommodation 4,968,509.00; utilities N828,081.83; domestic staff N1,863,184.12; entertainment N828,081.83; personal assistant N621,061.37; vehicle maintenance allowance N1,863,184.12; leave allowance N248,424.55; severance gratuity N7, 425,736.50; and motor vehicle allowance N9, 936,982.00.”
http://punchng.com/we-cant-disclose-our-allowances-senate/ This are the real armed robbers terrorizing nigerians which one is motor vehicle, hardship and vehicle maintenance allowances again? |
