Deputy speaker laments poor salaries of lawmakers, talks upward review

Deputy Speaker: Lawmakers’ Pay Insufficient for Demands of Job – TheTalk.NG

• Lawmakers have begun to lament the rising hardship of the Nigerian economy and how it has affected them
• Benjamin Kalu, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, said lawmakers can no longer cope with their salaries
• He said the cost of maintaining aides and other legislative activities is now high, making work more demanding

The deputy speaker lamented how lawmakers’ salaries aren’t enough to carry out their activities effectively. Photo Credit: Benjamin KaluSource: Twitter

Deputy speaker laments poor lawmaker’s salary

“I can assure you that based on economic indices at the moment, inflation rate and the rest of them, the amount members of the National Assembly receive cannot actually take them home to do their their jobs in their various constituencies.

“Considering the cost of transport, running constituency offices and the number of maintaining aides who are supposed to have you achieve what the mandate of that office demands, it is not a discussion that will add value to the crisis we are faced with.

“But I can assure you they will be willing to adjust. If that is what will move Nigeria to the next level, why not? After all, we did not send ourselves there. We were voted in by the constituents.”

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