The Senate on Wednesday suspended consideration of the report of its Finance committee following sharp disagreements among members over the pay cut recommended by the panel.
Punch learnt that the senators during a two-hour deliberation behind closed doors, resolved to reject the reduction of salaries and allowances as recommended by the Senator James Manager’s committee.
The senators, according to one of them who confided in our correspondent, said it was not possible to accept pay cut with other beneficiaries of the N120bn National Assembly annual budget not doing same.The senator said that his colleagues accordingly resolved to reject the report because the recommendations were not practicable.
Some other senators who also spoke to The PUNCH on condition of anonymity said further consideration of the finance committee report was stepped down because many of their colleagues rejected the contents of the report.
On what transpired at the closed- door session, Senator Matthew Urhoghide (PDP Edo South), said senators told themselves the truth at the session on the need to be very cautious on accepting reduction of salaries and allowances.
Urhoghide said that majority of the senators agreed that “funny allowances” like the monthly N42,000 wardrobe allowance should be cut off completely.
He said, “Yes, as recommended by the committee, all senators agreed that there must be openness in Senate budget and by extension, that of the National Assembly.“At the same time, many reasoned that why should we further reduce our budget when already, N30bn has been reduced from the traditional 150bn that it used to be for all the seven different organs of the National Assembly. “All of us have people in our constituencies and financial requests from them keep piling up on a daily basis, the reality of which made steps to be redirected, otherwise, some of us may stop coming here.”The committee, it was learnt, also recommended the publication of all the payments accruable to each senator on a quarterly basis.
Bunch of greedy pple,inshrt...it's well wt nigeria
ReplyDeleteThieves, selfish things can't even make sacrifice for der so called nation, even wt d financial crises d nation is going through.
ReplyDeleteDon't mind them
DeleteI don't blame them cos nobody will like a pay cut ...If na lie ask some workers . #ItsWell
ReplyDeleteLol... Wonder how people expect them to agree to this?? If they do it simply means Nigeria is now a better country, until then am still looking forward to the CHANGE..!!!
ReplyDeleteCan you see your comment yourself ? Smh.. You're not in Nigeria you don't know what we are going thru, you think 60,000 withdrawal is enough for some people per day? But we are all trying to help our dear country over this financial crises, can't these greedy senators help their country too? You're so eager to see this man fail. Your hero is gone and he's gone for good. Change is here. Nigeria will be a better place.
DeleteLmao Maryam u don't talk to ur daddy like that nah....c'mon show some respect now.
DeleteWell said Maryam. Too bad we allow hate overshadow the obvious in this country. Smh
DeleteMimi, wetin be ur own?..I personally Dont like Buhari, that doesn't mean He can command my Respect if he does well....Just the same way, most pple Dont like Jonathan but they respect Him for been the Bigger Man after the elections, unlike ur Buhari and other politicians.....So take a Chill pill Biko...
DeleteGreedy thieves. U can't take money to d grave....shioor!
ReplyDeleteThieves. God will destroy them all -Pst.Chekeleke
ReplyDeleteThey are no longer ur brothers and fellow APC members. I'm sure this was the change that u meant when u were carrying Mallam Buhari on Ur head like an Orange seller.Bloody Hypocrite.Ur one of the bad eggs polluting Nig.Fake yeye Pastor
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No shaking I can see where you heading to. .. It really dangerous-Pst.Chekeleke
DeleteGreedy idiots! IT IS WELL
ReplyDeleteLol see insult, assumin sir steveosky,aunty belinda,No shaking,aunty Gina,Abiodun,SVC (hakeem)dey among dis pple am so sure emeh wouldn't have posted dis news. But as e be like so ehen make me too fire dem......wicked fools so greedy, mtcheeeeeeeeew
ReplyDeleteAnd Ur point is????When I campaigned,none of u came out to cast Ur votes for me.Ur type were at home with ur babe. Wojuooooo this early morning
DeleteNo shaking
Lol Biodun dnt wori some of us r getting der, or at least will b in a position to affect lives n live an examplilarily n selfless life. Bearing in mind d good of d people dat elected or r looking up to u.
DeleteI belive u @aunty Gina, yessss, @ma Noshaking u should say it like vote for me bla bla bla AKA (No shaking) oya next time me and ma village pple wil vote ya. Lol
DeleteGreed! Its a pity!
ReplyDeleteThe black sheep and Wolves we have in Nig.Well tell them I said if they can't accept the reduction,they should simply step the Fuck down.Afterall it's not compulsory to be a senator and co.Can u imagine the nonsense.They should resign simple.Dirty old smelly Thieves
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Lmao!
ReplyDeleteI HV always opined that dey should not be paid salaries instead they should be paid for every sitting .... They all HV there jobs some r lawyers others own silver bird ....
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DeleteSelf serving assholes.
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