Why Nigerian legislators don't go home despite Huge salaries and Benefits - Senator Amosun Ibikunle Amosun
Senator Ibikunle Amosun has justified the huge payouts paid to Nigerian MPs.
Former Governor Ogun said Nigerian legislators receive huge benefits to run their offices and cater to the diverse needs of impoverished voters. Contrary to what many think, Amosun said in an interview with BBC Yoruba on Monday that his salary is not enough to meet his needs and that he will have enough for almost a week. “I had the opportunity to become a senator between 2003 and 2007. And returned to the Senate in 2019.
I saw how people think that deputies earn a lot of money. In fact, there can be a lot. But if we compare with other countries; What we provide for ourselves is not provided for us by legislators in other countries. “That's why Nigerian lawmakers seem to have won a big victory. There is not a week that I do not go to Abeokuta, as before.
Some legislators cannot return home. Because when I go out, I see 30 to 100 people asking for help and saying, “My kids want school, I want this, I want this,” he said. I prefer to see politicians. Why? Why? power "Because there was nothing before, so when people found out that he was already rich when he came to power, he became a place where everyone goes to ask for help. So, whatever the MP gets, they don't have a week That's it," Amosun said. The fake salaries and benefits of Nigerian parliamentarians are a recurring topic in terms of government spending. However, how much legislstors earn from salaries and benefits remains a mystery. Senator Shehu Sani announced that every member of parliament receives a salary in the amount of almost 13 million naira per month, which makes Nigerian parliamentarians one of the highest paid people in the world.