This report attempts to clear the fog concerning the allocations to members of the National Assembly and the needless controversy over what constitutes the percentage of the overhead to national assembly members.
It also computes the allocations to the national assembly and concludes that there is a disconnect between what members allocate to themselves in the annual budget and the responsibilities they have discharged on behalf of the long-suffering people of Nigeria
Bankole, House Speaker; Aganga, Finance Minister, Suffers colateral consequences; Mark, Senate President and Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Governor of Nigeria's Central Bank Defiance could be righteous.
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, governor of Nigeria's Central Bank demonstrated that last Wednesday. He may have been right because figures do not lie (See table of allocations to the National Assembly between 2000 and 2010). But just earlier in the year, Governor Gabriel Suswam took a long hard look and declared that only 20, in a gathering of 360 were useful.
He was referring to members of the House of Representatives. Suswam, who was a two-time member of Nigeria's House of Representatives before he became the governor of Benue State, was appalled at the turn of events in the House. He said, during a lecture at the University of Abuja, that a good number of the members are "uneducated" and "immature".
He said less than 20 of the members make useful contributions at plenary session, sponsor motions or bills. He may be right. A leader in the National Assembly had once charged: "The members are just illiterates". But the legislators gave it back to Suswam immediately, calling him a "baby governor"
For me Kola Afolabi... Illiterates is not ability to read and write English most Nigeria elites are worst than illiterates... from president to governors they are well educated... tell me what is diffrence... civilise and conscience, ability to love your people, ready to make sacrifice, vision, and patriotism is what Nigeria need.
Kola Alabi
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