I would rather opt for them to buy these things from their salary and allowances. It’s rather ridiculous that poor country like Nigeria would allocate huge funds for stuff like this.

I fear for the future of this country, cos when oil will become obsolete, the Venezuela situation would be child’s play

CaptBabosa:
The word accountability is not found in Nigeria.. These state properties should be transfered to the incoming the 9th assembly. But we all know you can't recover these properties alas they decided to collect paltry sums for it.

It is not about the laws but about the people.

Righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a reproach to any people.

We need national repentance. We need a moral revolution. Nigeria has too many wrongs. My problem is that leaders, past or present pretend that they can mend things without first accepting that we as a people need to make amends.

Our values are wrong, so wrong that we celebrate thieves. It is the same wrong values that will make soldiers to silence police officers, allegedly to free a suspect! It is the same wrong values that make public officers at clerical levels, demand bribes before they do their public duties.

Every where you turn you see rot.

Let no one pretend that a nation can muddle through with this kind of orientation. It will amount to mere delusion.

We are not ready yet. We make gains, but there a thieving leaders and civil lords (not servants) lurking in the corner to rubbish all the gains.

Repentance has to start today. It is not about north, south or west. Even that creates this terrible feeling of 'its our turn', turn to do what exactly?

Repentance now.

Moral revolution now.

Values re-orientation now.

I mean now.

richidinho:
House of Representatives should be scraped

Bicameral legislature is too expensive

Even the 36 states should be pruned down to 15 states or even 4 states.
36 state gov
36 state dep gov
36x3 senators
36+ ministers
36×10+ reps
36 first ladies
36×50 commissioners
36x useless federal ministries
All the above times 2000 girlfriends
then all the above times 1million range rovers and Hilux etc. etc

The list goes on and on and on. unbelievable!

Dwizeone:
As a country we really need to redefine some of our laws, the truth is, the sales of those properties is backed by law, in private companies generally, some devices and official cars depreciate and it is expected that at the end of the third year, the value of these cars is almost next to nothing and it is sold at a ridiculous (depreciated value) price to staff, the same practice is what is used in the House of Assembly.

However, there is excessive wastage in governance in Nigeria, if this guys will exit after 4 years and these properties sold, why purchase a car worth 24 million Naira and not something cheaper, why do we have an overbloated NA, retinue of assistants when there are begging and more serious needs. Giving the mirade of problems facing the nation, there is no urgency in governance at all levels to effect change, growth if at all will always be insignificant compared to the problems. The worst part which these guys have achieved is that they have constrained the thoughts of the populace, divide them on ethnic and religious lines, the vast majority of the citizens no longer think rationally, because the are now used to a wrong norm, everyone accept what is wrong as norm. There is a need for emancipation from the strong hold of the political elite, renew our minds to what is acceptable norm and forge a common struggle for the prosperity of our nation. Until then, it’s so-so.

I can assure you that the estimated useful life of fixed assets like Motor Vehicles (according to IRS rules) is 5years, not 3years. And after the estimated useful life, you do not necesarily do away with the asset, it only does not come in anymore on the debit side of the balance sheet. I doubt they were interested in proper accounting. Only how to steal taxpayers' money.

Anything can happen so far it is Nigeria

post=81208739:

The crazy laws that bestowed what manner of power these senators wade in our nation should be put to an end with immediate effect.
We don't want anymore impunity in our nation.
This is nothing but greediness.
We say no to these wastages.

A better Nigeria is all we want.


We really hope not.

The below will really go a long way to sanitize our nation.

a) Abolish CONSTITUENCY PROJECT FUNDS
b) Reduce number of ADVISERS to SENATE PRES(2), HOUSE SPEAKER(2), GOVs(4), PRESIDENT(5), VP(2)
c) Reduce current ALL Political Office Holders pay CHEQUES by 51.5%, without exception
d) Do away with special remuneration to POLITICAL ADVISERS & PUBLIC SERVANTS e.g; Purchase of Private Vehicles, Houses, granting Govt paid Vacations, paying for 1st & Business Class Transportations, etc, etc...
e) Abolish payment of OVERSEAS MEDICAL BILLS for Political Office Holders.
f) Eliminate PRIVATE PRACTICE in public workforce
g) Eliminate participation of Public Workforce in Partisan Politics.
h) Institute EMPLOYMENT BY MERIT, and eliminate UNDEREMPLOYMENT.
i) Review and eliminate allocation of Govt paid POLITICAL AIDES & SUPPORT STAFF to Political Office Holders.

We pray we get there someday!

All the listed above is LooOong thing.

Best is to place all the Law-Makers under same miñimum wage and Accord them same benefits with the level of Civil Servant in the country.

Restrict them and their families from Traveling Abroad for the period of their stay in public office.

If this two things çan be put in place, trust me Nigeria will be better than the Western/European countries.

richidinho:
House of Representatives should be scraped

Bicameral legislature is too expensive

They should not only scrap the bicameral legislature and replace it with a unicameral legislature.

They should also consider sitting on part time.

How many bills are they passing in a year? How much have they even touch or impacted on the lives of the people in their respective constituency?

Nigeria political leadership waste money that should have been used to provide social infrastructure for the citizenry.

post=81208739:

The crazy laws that bestowed what manner of power these senators wade in our nation should be put to an end with immediate effect.
We don't want anymore impunity in our nation.
This is nothing but greediness.
We say no to these wastages.

A better Nigeria is all we want.


We really hope not.

The below will really go a long way to sanitize our nation.

a) Abolish CONSTITUENCY PROJECT FUNDS
b) Reduce number of ADVISERS to SENATE PRES(2), HOUSE SPEAKER(2), GOVs(4), PRESIDENT(5), VP(2)
c) Reduce current ALL Political Office Holders pay CHEQUES by 51.5%, without exception
d) Do away with special remuneration to POLITICAL ADVISERS & PUBLIC SERVANTS e.g; Purchase of Private Vehicles, Houses, granting Govt paid Vacations, paying for 1st & Business Class Transportations, etc, etc...
e) Abolish payment of OVERSEAS MEDICAL BILLS for Political Office Holders.
f) Eliminate PRIVATE PRACTICE in public workforce
g) Eliminate participation of Public Workforce in Partisan Politics.
h) Institute EMPLOYMENT BY MERIT, and eliminate UNDEREMPLOYMENT.
i) Review and eliminate allocation of Govt paid POLITICAL AIDES & SUPPORT STAFF to Political Office Holders.

We pray we get there someday!

In reality if you were benefiting from this largess you would not complain, nobody will ever complain! Not even the Canadian doctors. Spare me the news where Canadian doctors protested increased salary. After doing some research on it, I realised that the so-called increased salary would have them pay more taxes, which does not significantly improve (or in some peculiar cases it even reduces) their take home pay!...and a lot of other demerits, hence the protest.

Similar to when a previous Governor of one of our South East states announced automatic promotion for all staff in the state civil service. It sounds good to the ears, but did you know that governor readjusted the salary structure of the state such that the "automatic promotion" was in reality a reduction in the workers salary.

This country (and surprisingly some 1st world countries) as I have come to realise are riled with crazy problems that I do not even know how to address.

I am furious

So to get new tv sets for each lawmaker is 2m. Each office will have two t.v sets, that is 4m per senator, multiply that by 109senators, and that's over 400m not taking into account, S.P and D.S.P who might be entitled to 4/5 tv sets.
When you add up with the crooks in the green chamber, that equates to over a 1b for tv sets for our lawmakers? And even worse when a new Assembly is elected, new t.v sets are gotten for them, the "old" ones(4years old) are sold at giveaway prices to the outgoing legislators.

What do we even need this bicameral legislature for? Can't the House of Reps be scrapped, so we have a unicameral legislature? But who will bell the cat? The Constitution gives the House of Reps a big role to play in Constitutional amendment. Will d Houuse of Reps sanction an amendment that sends it to oblivion? The Senators need to be paid less, but will d Senators sanction a bill that lessens their allowance?

Las Las, the only answer is a revolution. Even the Constitution which happens to be d ground norm, a very faulty one, agrees to the fact that there is a superior power, something bigger than it, something from whence it draws its powers. The opening words of the Constitution reads - *"we the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria"* Yes our leaders have failed us, but it is we Nigerians that have failed Nigeria.

A lot of wastage currently happening in the country ever since..The house of rep and the upper chamber are to expensive to run...Greediness is just too high..

We ship from China to Nigeria, check siggy

davxon:
This cars and furniture's depreciate in value after some years and can be of zero value by 5 years..so even though what they are doing might look wrong..there is justification..

Mr Man there is no justification to this arrant wastage, how does a brand new car of 26million depreciate to 1million in 4 years. Don't be a young man who isn't thinking, your leaders are failing, don't defend stupidity.

cooljoe:
2million for a tv set. Each office has 2 t.v, dat is 4million. Now multiply by 109 senators. That is 436millions, not taking into consideration, S.P and D.S.P who may have 4/5 tv sets. The taking the house of reps, that will be over 1billion naira on t.v sets, in a country where to pay minimum wage of 30k is trouble. It is well.

The leaders we have have no good insights for the nation.Qe need to take the bull by the horn.

blujoi:
I would rather opt for them to buy these things from their salary and allowances. It’s rather ridiculous that poor country like Nigeria would allocate huge funds for stuff like this.

I fear for the future of this country, cos when oil will become obsolete, the Venezuela situation would be child’s play

That's the problem! It is not right for them to spend their personal wages on purchasing government office equipment. Because they are lawmakers, they exploit the system to acquire these properties for themselves at the expense of public funds.

It is wickedness!

Even your Venezuela has people cashing out millions of dollars every month as it is today and would prefer the country is totally destroyed, than they stop getting their daily bread.

actoor:




All the listed above is LooOong thing.

Best is to place all the Law-Makers under same miñimum wage and Accord them same benefits with the level of Civil Servant in the country.

Restrict them and their families from Traveling Abroad for the period of their stay in public office.

If this two things çan be put in place, trust me Nigeria will be better than the Western/European countries.

You raised a very good point here too man!

alphaNomega:


In reality if you were benefiting from this largess you would not complain, nobody will ever complain! Not even the Canadian doctors. Spare me the news where Canadian doctors protested increased salary. After doing some research on it, I realised that the so-called increased salary would have them pay more taxes, which does not significantly improve (or in some peculiar cases it even reduces) their take home pay!...and a lot of other demerits, hence the protest.

Similar to when a previous Governor of one of our South East states announced automatic promotion for all staff in the state civil service. It sounds good to the ears, but did you know that governor readjusted the salary structure of the state such that the "automatic promotion" was in reality a reduction in the workers salary.

This country (and surprisingly some 1st world countries) as I have come to realise are riled with crazy problems that I do not even know how to address.

I am furious

Hmmm, this is deep and so true!

And the trend continues

Olalan:
Majority if Our politicians are no different from highway robbers......

my guy dey are worse Dan d highway robbers to me

what a country using the military constistutions for democracy...


infact It's just a great unfortunate!!

Its normal. The value has reduced and will be sold at the depreciated value

this people are very disgusting , imagine taking away official car and office furniture so that the new ones would still request for a new one

richidinho:
House of Representatives should be scraped

Bicameral legislature is too expensive

....... would you be available this evening,let's make a design of how there respective sitting allowance shall be #2,500 per month.
Beep me when you are ready bro.Let's do this.

richidinho:
House of Representatives should be scraped

Bicameral legislature is too expensive

YES

Darevofpeace:
....... would you be available this evening,let's make a design of how there respective sitting allowance shall be #2,500 per month.
Beep me when you are ready bro.Let's do this.

Am ready

GMbuharii:


So you can wail like this!!!!!



Buh.....buh....buh your APC Nass are doing a good job nah
Lols

Lzaa immhotep bastardmod

He's trying to appear neutral but he has been exposed on other threads for being a sai baba fanatic

@poster, stop the noise, these assets were sold at their scrap value.

Na a norm. No be today. We asked for change. We were promised change but na lie. It is worse.
Lets enjoy what we called for in 2015 but I know in 2019 we didn't ask for continuation. But last last God get the final say.

rigarmortis:
Its normal. The value has reduced and will be sold at the depreciated value

........i disagreed, in a nation where #30k is not been approved as a minimum wage.
A nation whose graduates plans for there entire life after school, a nation which has no data base from the local,state government of it citizens.
A nation which does not know the actual numbers of her unemployed youths.
Hope you did remember what the Emir of Kano said....... "If the personal emoluments of the House of Assembly were slashed into half,it would be sufficient enough to employ 42,000 graduates and each shall earn the sum of #95,000 monthly for the next 35yrs.of service."
Our political leaders are the viruses eating deep into our national pocket.
Until we address this issue, we are sitting on a gun powder.

I Laugh.

When Kemi Adeosun first resumed as finance minister, one of her first initiative if not the first, was the idea of an efficiency unit. The unit was targeted at eliminating practices like these from our system at many levels.
It was suppose to a unit that buys in bulk and of quality, recurring items in the MDAs and other government institutions centrally to help eliminate wastages. I can imagine those N2m TV being bought for 80k if the efficient unit idea was well followed.

Does it make sense to furnish a senators office every 4years? The government budgets 70% of our earnings on recurrent expenditure, how do we cut down on cost of government? What happens when oil sells for peanuts? Would we still run such expenses?

alphaNomega:


That's the problem! It is not right for them to spend their personal wages on purchasing government office equipment. Because they are lawmakers, they exploit the system to acquire these properties for themselves at the expense of public funds.

It is wickedness!

Even your Venezuela has people cashing out millions of dollars every month as it is today and would prefer the country is totally destroyed, than they stop getting their daily bread.

immhotep:

Your sense will improve after you drink plenty akamu in the IDP camp

Cc afamed yarimo sarrki gwarotango GMBuharii

Stop saying rubbish. The person you quoted has never been economical with the truth when he sees one. It's you that need to rethink your alliance with the devil PDP

Afamed:

Stop saying rubbish. The person you quoted has never been economical with the truth when he sees one. It's you that need to rethink your alliance with the devil PDP

APCheat will like you for saying this