- The NCP condemned the N13.5 million running cost received by lawmakers
- It advocated for part-time legislature
- The party said it was a shame that the minimum wage was still set at N18000
The National Conscience Party (NCP) has advocated that lawmakers be elected to work on part-time basis.
This position was revealed by Ayodele Akele who is the national secretary of the party in Lagos on Thursday, April 5.
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Vanguard reports that Akele’s reaction came following Senator Shehu Sani’s disclosure that lawmakers receive N13.5 million monthly as running cost.
Akele said: “The jumbo pay of members of our federal lawmakers is outrageous and our party, the NCP, is totally opposed to it.
“How can we be talking of N13.5 million for each of the senators when the minimum wage of workers is just N18, 000, and some governors are not even paying.
“This can’t be a fair arrangement. It is a burden on the resources of this country and a disincentive to development.
“The NCP is therefore advocating that the country should adopt a part-time legislature where lawmakers sit on part-time basis.
“This we strongly believe will significantly reduce the cost of governance and free up resources for development purposes.”
He insisted that it was ridiculous that the minimum wage was N18000 while lawmakers were receiving jumbo pays.
Meanwhile, the senator representing Kaduna central at the Senate, Shehu Sani, declared that he had no apology for exposing his and other federal lawmakers' jumbo pay.
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The Nation reports that Sani made the disclosure on a radio programme in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, adding that his style of politics is driven by conscience.
NAIJ.com gathered that he noted that he won an election into the Senate based on his conscience and a set guiding principles.
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Source: Naija.ng