Shehu Sani, senator
representing Kaduna central, says it may be painful that he revealed what
senators earn.
In
March, Sani stirred a controversy when he disclosed that members of the upper
legislative chamber get monthly N13.5m as running cost aside
over 700,000 consolidated salaries and other allowances. Some
Nigerians had accused the lawmakers of exploiting the country.
Femi
Falana, human rights lawyer, commended Sani and said his revelation confirmed
that Nigerians legislators were the highest paid in the world. But
speaking on Road Map 2019, a Channels Television programme, Sani said his
disclosure closed the chapter of people demanding the income of federal
lawmakers.
He
also asked Nigerians to demand the running cost of governors and the president. ‘There
should be no grey areas in public office; and now that Nigerians know what the
members of the assembly are earning, they should also know the running cost of
our ministers; what is the running cost of our governors?” he said.
“What
is the running cost of head of government parastatals? What is the running cost
of presidential advisers, aides and the men around the government? And what is
the running cost of the president and vice president?
”So,
it may be unpalatable or painful that I revealed what we are being given every
month but it has healed and brought a close chapter to the fact that people
don’t know what we are actually earning. Now we know.
”If
you are doing some good to your people, they know very well that it is not an
act of charity, not philanthropy; that you are giving them what rightly belongs
to them.”
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