President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan says his monthly
salary is N750,000 and that was nothing like jumbo salary for National Assembly
members as being speculated in some quarters.
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Lawan made the disclosure, when members of the Senators'
Forum paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja on Tuesday.
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While further disregarding the jumbo pay issue, he revealed
that his monthly salary as a lawmaker and that of his colleagues was N750,000.
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"What I want to emphasize here is that I never believed that
that there is anything called Jombo pay to the national assembly.
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"The National Assembly members both the Senate and the House
receive what is their salaries and I receive N750,000 as my salary.
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"But I need to function as a senator, my office needs to be properly
funded,ÔÇØ he said.
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He promised that the National Assembly was going to be open
to the general public in the conduct of its legislative activities,
particularly in the area of funding
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"National Assembly is going to be open to the public , I believe
that the national assembly should have everything open , let Nigerians Know,
what we are doing.
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"I believe that Nigerians need to understand this, we need
to continually engage with Nigerians and I will also argue that we continue to
explain to Nigerians, they deserve to know how their resources are being
utilised.
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" I believe that the national assembly needs proper funding
because the legislature is so critical in any national development,'' he said.
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He added that the ninth senate would be a by-partisan senate
that would carter for the unity and progress of the nation.
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"This senate is a by-partisan senate, senators consciously
decided to work for us and we take that very seriously, what that means is that
we are going to make for progress Nigeria.
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"Because what we have done is to be patriotic and we belong
to various political parties, but once we are here Nigeria is our constituency.
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"The Senate is going to be united in the conduct of its
oversight. It is a senate that will work for Nigeria. We are going to do
everything possible to remain united in a very by-partisan manner and remain
focused .
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"Because the challenges against Nigeria is enormous, we need
to enhance our of security. We need to make sure the economy works for every
one for those at the lowest ladder and those at the top, this is necessary I
don't believe that rancor or hostility will yield any positive result.
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"I have witnessed how rancour undermined national
development, I also witnessed a very peaceful and cordial relationship that at
the end of the day produce the kind of outcomes that Nigerian desire. So we are
here to follow the part of peace, but we are going to be very seriously and
systematically in our over sight. A minister or head of organisation that is
expected to function must function,ÔÇØ he said.
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He said the senate was determined to ensure that the Nigeria
returns to the January to December budget process .
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"We have to work together and archive what need to archive
for Nigerians. We know the challenges and we will work hard to ensure that we
get the solution. This senate is determined to ensure for example we pass the
budget in three months and we believe this is achievable and doable .
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"All we require is for the executive to provide the
appropriation bill in good time may be at the end of September or early week of
September.
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"The National Assembly will sit to ensure that there is
defence of the budget by the MDAs and before we live for Christmas, we will
ensure that the budget is passed, so that we go back to the January to December
budget cycle,'' he said.
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Earlier, the Chairman of the forum, Sen. Khariat Gwadabe,
said the meeting was a unique opportunity for them to interface with the
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She also expressed confidence in Lawan's capacity to lead
the senate, having spent 20 years in the parliament, adding that the forum was
ready to support the ninth assembly.
