Posted 2/27/2024, 5:58:44 AM
Lawmakers Seek Higher Pay to Better Serve Constituents, Deputy Speaker Says
- Deputy Speaker says lawmakers' salaries are too small for their job responsibilities and constituencies
- Current salaries are a "far cry" from what lawmakers should earn given economic realities
- Even a 50-80% pay cut would not let lawmakers adequately do their jobs back in constituencies
- Lawmakers willing to adjust salaries if it will move Nigeria forward, since they didn't send themselves
- Deputy Speaker praises President Tinubu for embracing report on merging and scrapping 541 government agencies to cut costs