The Nigerian government has come under fire from Sen. Ali Ndume for allocating trillions of naira to public officials.
Ndume had earlier demanded that members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) receive 50% of National Assembly members’ salaries.
The Borno South lawmaker, on Thursday, reacted to the half pay to lecturers.
The former Senate Leader pointed out that lawmakers typically meet twice per week and are compensated.
“Even if it means that the National Assembly will reduce sitting allowances or be paid on casual allowances basis, let it be”, NAN quoted him saying.
Ndume said Nigeria budgeted 20.5 trillion for 2023 but can’t give ASUU N1trillion to address the lingering challenges of the education sector.
The politician further lamented that students were forced to stay at home for eight months doing nothing.
“If you can spend N8.3trillion on public servants, why don’t you spend N1trillion in public universities?” He queried.
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