Wednesday 17 June 2015

WHAT'S YOUR TAKE, WHAT'S AT STAKE? The 8th National Assembly (NASS) has allocated N9billion as wardrobe allowance for its 469 lawmakers, in which 360 lawmakers at the House of Representatives would get N17.5 million, and remaining 109 senators would get N21.5 million each as wardrobe allowances. Angry Nigerians, especially those on the two prominent social media platforms Facebook and Twitter, have created the N9billion (‪#‎9billion‬) and ‪#‎OccupyNASS‬ hashtags which has since gone viral. Are Nigerian lawmakers entitled to the N9billion allocated for their wardrobe allowance, or are they simply just milking the system? Explain. ------------- READ MORE… http://bit.ly/1IKaxVU

 

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