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Hon. Joe Edionwele a member of the house of representatives believes that the National Assembly budget shouldn't be touched in an attempt to reduce the cost of governance.
According to THIS DAY, the lawmaker who vehemently kicked against lawmakers taking pay cuts said, ''The problem of this country is corruption. When people talk about pay cut, I laugh. How much are we going to get back from the pay cut?.
''The corruption in this country is endemic. Look at the corruption in the oil sector? If we are able to sanitise that sector for instance, our problem will reduce. If we can know what we generate in different agencies, then we can have enough money to finance projects. Look at the governors and their security votes. Their votes are over-bloated. Look at the number of cars governors use.
''Yes Everybody should cut down. That is where we run into problems. Even like Mr. President for instance. He just got an approval for 15 special advisers. What are they advising? We really do not all that. Mr. President has about three bullet proof Mercedes Benz. Does he really need them? We must downsize in every sector. For instance, we should do away with the entertainment allowance. State houses enjoy it.
''You heard when Buhari rejected 253 DSS operatives. What are you doing with that number? There are so many things to cut down on. I am also glad that Mr. President said in spite of what the law says, he is going to be concerned about what happens at the local government level.
''The security vote of a local government chairman for instance is N2 million. What is he doing with such money? Then a governor gets over N200 million. Why would somebody then talk about a salary that is less than N1 million''.
According to THIS DAY, the lawmaker who vehemently kicked against lawmakers taking pay cuts said, ''The problem of this country is corruption. When people talk about pay cut, I laugh. How much are we going to get back from the pay cut?.
''The corruption in this country is endemic. Look at the corruption in the oil sector? If we are able to sanitise that sector for instance, our problem will reduce. If we can know what we generate in different agencies, then we can have enough money to finance projects. Look at the governors and their security votes. Their votes are over-bloated. Look at the number of cars governors use.
''Yes Everybody should cut down. That is where we run into problems. Even like Mr. President for instance. He just got an approval for 15 special advisers. What are they advising? We really do not all that. Mr. President has about three bullet proof Mercedes Benz. Does he really need them? We must downsize in every sector. For instance, we should do away with the entertainment allowance. State houses enjoy it.
''You heard when Buhari rejected 253 DSS operatives. What are you doing with that number? There are so many things to cut down on. I am also glad that Mr. President said in spite of what the law says, he is going to be concerned about what happens at the local government level.
''The security vote of a local government chairman for instance is N2 million. What is he doing with such money? Then a governor gets over N200 million. Why would somebody then talk about a salary that is less than N1 million''.
