Bishop Kukah asks Senators, Reps members to slash monthly salaries by half
Mathew Kukah, the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, has faulted the huge salaries of members of the National Assembly.
Kukah urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan to prevail on lawmakers to slash their huge salaries by half.The cleric made the call while backing the Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, who recently called on lawmakers to slash their salary by half. He spoke at the 3rd annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers on the theme, “Economy, Security and National Development: The Way Forward” held at Ikeja Lagos during the weekend.According to Kukah: ”As provoking as Sanusi said, if the salaries of a senator, 36 million naira is cut in half, it will create jobs for thousands of Nigerians with salaries of 92,000 naira each.”A British judge said: If there were a World Cup for Corruption, Nigeria will always play in the finals.
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