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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