Senator Dino Melaye has clarified the reasons why Nigerian legislators are refusing to the reduction of their salaries and allowances.
Senator Dino Melaye
Senator Dino Melaye, elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress has explained the reasons why Nigerian senators won’t reduce their salaries.
He said that the stepping down of the report was done in order to carry along the House of Representatives and other organs of the National Assembly.
Melaye added that the budget of the Senate was not separete of the entire National Assembly.
“The Senate today, in closed door session, discussed the report of the ad hoc Committee on finances of the Senate, and after due deliberations by the senators, we came to the conclusion that since the budget of the Senate is not independent of the budget of the National Assembly, where the budget of the House of Representatives is also inclusive,” senator said.
“We have the management, we have the NILS, we have even the Public Accounts, we also have the National Assembly Civil Service Commission, we have agreed that we should consult amongst other arms that share the budget of the NASS, with the House of Representatives before we would draw a conclusion on the report. So, the resolution is that we are going to interface with the House of Representatives so that we can be on the same page on the report as presented. This is the resolution of the Senate today in closed door session.”