- Nigerians have been urged by Sen Shehu Sani, to demand to know the running cost of the president and governors
- He said Nigerians should also know the running cost of ministers, and that there should be no grey areas in public office
- Sani opined that if politicians are doing some good to their people, they should know that it is not an act of charity or philanthropy
Senator Shehu Sani (APC-Kaduna Central) has called on Nigerians to demand that the running cost of the president and state governors be publicly disclosed.
He made the call during an appearance on a Channels TV programme, Roadmap to 2019.
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NAIJ.com gathers that the senator said his controversial revelation of the running cost for senators closed the chapter of people demanding to know how much federal lawmakers earn.
He stated: “There should be no grey areas in public office; and now that Nigerians know what the members of the Assembly are earning, they should also know the running cost of our ministers; what is the running cost of our governors?
“What is the running cost of head of government parastatals? What is the running cost of presidential advisers, aides and the men around the government? And what is the running cost of the president and vice president?
”So, it may be unpalatable or painful that I revealed what we are being given every month; but it has healed and brought a close chapter to the fact that people don’t know what we are actually earning. Now we know.
”If you are doing some good to your people, they know very well that it is not an act of charity, not philanthropy; that you are giving them what rightly belongs to them.”
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Recall that NAIJ.com previously reported that Senator Shehu Sani revealed that he and his colleagues receive N13.5 million monthly as running cost.
Sani said apart from the running cost, senators also earn N750,000 monthly salary. The senator stated that there was no specific instruction on what the running cost should be used for.
However, he said lawmakers must provide receipts to back up their expenses from the running costs.
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Source: Naija.ng