Shehu Sani, a former senator from Kaduna Central, claimed that the House of Representatives’ office operating expenses, not their pay, are the “real devil.”
Sani said this while praising the House of Representatives for reducing members’ pay.
Sani posted on the X Platform saying “The Reps slashed their salaries.That is a good symbolic gesture.I commend them.But the real Devil is the Office running cost and not the Salary.”
In a comparable manner, Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023, compared the legislators’ “sacrifice” to a drop in the ocean.
According to Atiku, the legislators’ allowances, not their pay, are the devils’ domain.
He made a post on X: “The sacrifice of members of the House of Representatives is commendable. But it is a drop in the ocean. The demons are in the allowances and not the salaries of lawmakers and government officials in general.
“Whatever happened to the much-trumpeted implementation of the Oronsaye Report? Recently, the ballooning of MDAs with the attendant cost implications has been observed.
“There’s too much waste and prioritisation of non-essential expenditures. What is desirable is an across the board cut in expenses. We can no longer afford to borrow money to fund continued irresponsibility in government.”
