Lets focus on 7trillion executive budget, not 115 billion national assembly budget.

ARE NIGERIANS BEEN FAIR TO THEIR LEGISLATURE?

Though I’m not in support of the legislators to be collecting huge salary and allowance, but I would not be among those trying to discredit the legislative arm of government.

   Let’s assume the national assembly budget of 115billion is to be share among the 469 legislators, no legislator would get up to 350million annually, which mean that a legislator cannot earn up to 1.5billion in his four year tenure. What can 1.5billion do to a senatorial zone of 8 local governments in 4years?

   You disturb yourself on knowing how the national assembly spent the 115billion allocated to them, by publishing their budget for public scrutiny, what have you done about the frivolous executive budget that was made public? You see nothing wrong with executive planning to spent 94million naira to buy tire, but you are quick to criticize the legislator for planning to by vehicles that could cost 35million naira.

   The fact is that Nigerians where made to believe that legislators are the main problem or obstacle to good governance, which is not true. The executive are putting Nigerians against the legislators, just to divert their attention from executive flop and their inability to deliver on their campaign promise.

   Why disturbing yourself  about 115billion naira allocated to the national assembly when a single individual  from the executive can divert more than 115billion for his personal use? Before you start accusing me of supporting the legislators, please can someone tell me of any legislator that was accused of diverting billions for personal use or is there any legislator that was found to hide billions somewhere? Almost all the money that was discovered by Efcc was stolen by people that serve under the executive, not legislative, because 95percent of Nigeria money is with the executive. Instead of focusing on how the executive are managing the money under its control, we are here wasting our time and resources on 115billion naira, when we suppose to focus on how the executive spent the more than 7trillion budget of change that did not really change the hardship Nigerians are passing through.

   The moneys that is been stolen under this current administration is far more than any corruption that is taking place in the legislative arm of government, as revealed by the chairman of presidential adversary committee on corruption, when he boldly told Nigerians how corruption continue to take place in this current administration, by even mentioning some government institutions.

   We should not smear the integrity of the legislators out of ignorant or selfish reason, because the people we love could be there tomorrow and it would become difficult for us to defend them.