Shehu Sani, a former senator, says he was nearly suspended
for six months in the upper chamber for disclosing the remuneration of federal
lawmakers in 2018.
In a post published on his X handle on Thursday, Sani said
he would have been suspended if not for the “immediate rescue” of Bukola
Saraki, then senate president, and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu,
The former senator from Kaduna stated that any senator who
“blows the whistle too loudly” will have to face the consequences of their
actions alone, without support from fellow members.
“When I publicly disclosed the salaries and allowances of
the senators, it nearly earned me a SIX months suspension if not for divine
intervention, Saraki and Ekwerenmadu’s immediate rescue,” he wrote
In March 2018, the former senator revealed that he and his
colleagues received N13.5 million monthly as running cost.
Sani had also disclosed that the senator received N200
million as constituency project fund.
The former senator’s revelation was met with strong
disapproval from many of his colleagues, as the salaries of federal lawmakers
are usually kept confidential.
Sani’s comments come on the heels of the decision of the
senate to suspend Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the senator representing Kogi
central, for six months.
The decision followed the adoption of the report by the
senate committee on ethics, privileges, and public petitions.
The Kogi senator was suspended following an altercation she
had with Senate President Godswill Akpabio on February 20.
On February 28, in an interview on Arise TV, the Kogi
senator alleged that her trouble in the senate began after she rejected sexual
advances from the senate president.
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