Who Born the Maga: National Assembly

  Happy new month people. Thank you for the support thus far. Clover Circle finally got more than a 1000 hits yesterday. I really appreciate it. This post is timely because tomorrow is the National assembly election.  Did you know that seat in the House or Senate guarantees at least $100,000 a month in salary and allowances? I promise this is not April fools. The pay check is arguably one of the highest in the world. The PDP controlled chambers passed 59 bills throughout their tenure. According to observers of the National Assembly most of these bills were not sponsored by PDP Senators or Representatives. The PDP advantage was used for selfish motives.  For instance the National Assembly raised this year’s budget by 17 percent after the President had cut 29 percent from the recurrent expenditure.  I should add that 1.12 trillion naira went to pay 17,474 officials in federal, state and local governments, according to the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission in Abuja.  Nigeria has 109 members of Senate and 360 members of House of Representatives. The PDP had a 54 per cent majority in the National Assembly. 

  The attractiveness of public office is one of the reasons why some people go the extreme of killing. According to Amnesty International more than 50 people have died since July. This including the 10 that died in at the President’s campaign in Suleja. I am a believer of commending labor and good service however I don’t advocate unjust prosperity amidst unwarranted poverty.
I checked the Speaker's Website and I was amazed by the level of duplicity on his staff. These people are heartless and do not deserve to represent us. Check it out.

David Mark

Dimeji Bankole

By the end of tomorrow we would know the new National Assembly. Are they going to be Legislators or Legislooters? Just an aside I think we should consider mid-term election in Nigeria.  Till then let us vote the right people into power.