{"id":221188,"date":"2022-10-11T05:17:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T04:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=221188"},"modified":"2022-10-11T05:17:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T04:17:52","slug":"why-nigerian-lawmakers-earn-huge-allowances-amosun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/10\/11\/why-nigerian-lawmakers-earn-huge-allowances-amosun\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Nigerian lawmakers earn huge allowances \u2013 Amosun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Ibikunle Amosun has justified the humongous allowances paid to Nigerian lawmakers. <\/p>\n<p>The former Ogun state governor said Nigerian lawmakers earn massive allowances to run their offices and also meet the various needs of impoverished begging constituents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/10\/10\/ill-work-against-ogun-apc-in-2023-amosun\/\">Amosun<\/a>, who spoke during an interview with BBC Yoruba on Monday, said contrary to the belief of many, their salary is not enough to meet their needs and it hardly lasts a week. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been opportune to be a Senator between 2003 to 2007. After that, I returned to the Senate in 2019. I\u2019ve now seen that what people say lawmakers earn is much. It could be much actually. But when we do comparison with other countries; what we provide for ourselves, lawmakers in other countries don\u2019t provide for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why it seems what Nigerian lawmakers earn is much. That\u2019s it. Like me, there is no week I don\u2019t come to Abeokuta. Some lawmakers cannot go home because, look now, by the time you go outside you will meet 30 to 100 people who came for help, saying \u201cmy children want to go to school, I want this, I want that,\u201d\u201d Mr Amosun said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Nigeria, people see politicians as the go to. Why? Because some politicians, before they assumed office, had nothing. So when people see that once he assumed office he is now rich, he becomes where everyone will go for help. That\u2019s why whatever lawmakers earn does not last one week in their hands. That\u2019s it,\u201d Mr Amosun said.<\/p>\n<p>Bogus salaries and allowances of Nigerian lawmakers has been a recurring issue whenever cost of governance is being debated. However, the exact amount a lawmaker earns in salaries and allowances remains a secret.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Shehu Sani once revealed that each lawmaker gets close to N13 million every month as allowance, a revelation that further fuels suspicion that Nigerian lawmakers are among the highest paid in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Ibikunle Amosun has justified the humongous allowances paid to Nigerian lawmakers. The former Ogun state governor said Nigerian lawmakers earn massive allowances to run their offices and also meet the various needs of impoverished begging constituents. 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