Nigerian lawmakers have been claiming that their salaries have not increased in 13 years, while the budget of the National Assembly is higher than that of 25 federal universities combined. This allocation to the Legislature has been criticized as President Bola Tinubu continues to pamper the lawmakers, while ordinary Nigerians face the challenges of reform initiatives.
Nigeria n lawmakers, in coordinated efforts to gain public sympathy, have been stressing that their salaries have remained stagnant for the past 13 years. The N197 billion budget of the National Assembly is higher than those of 25 federal universities combined, an analysis of the 2024 Appropriations Bill has revealed.
This huge allocation to the federal Legislature, a remnant from the past, is a continuation of President Bola Tinubu’s pampering of the lawmakers at a time ordinary Nigerians are enduring the pains of the reform initiatives of his administration like fuel subsidy removal and merger of the exchange rates of the Naira. Mr Tinubu’s first Money Bill to the National Assembly was a Supplementary Appropriation Bill in July, and it contained ato help the lawmakers “settle in.” Thanks to that “generous allocation,” the parking lot of the lawmakers now hosts luxury Sports Utility Vehicles reported to have been bought for them at a unit cost of N160 millio
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