Senate President, Bukola Saraki
Former governor of Kwara stste and Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has formally replied a letter ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote to the National Assembly on January 13th, in which he accuse the country’s federal lawmakers of corruption, greed, lawlessness and impunity.
The former president had in his letter, addressed to Senate
President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu
Dogara, accused the lawmakers of fixing and earning salaries and
allowances far above what the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal
Commission approved for them.
He also alleged that most of the 109 senators and 369 members of
the House of Representatives were receiving constituency allowances
without maintaining constituency offices as the laws required of them.
He faulted the plans by the lawmakers to acquire new exotic cars for themselves, saying, 'Whatever name it is disguised as, it is unnecessary and insensitive.' He advised that 'a pool of a few cars for each chamber will suffice for any Committee Chairman or members for any specific duty.'
In his response, Saraki told the former president that the
lawmakers were fully aware of the challenges the nation was facing,
saying, 'As leaders with a duty, we will not disappoint Nigerians in their yearnings for a more transparent public expenditure system.'
On corruption, Saraki said the National Assembly was working with
President Muhammadu Buhari to stem the menace in the country. According
to him, the legislature was already overhauling its oversight functions
to make it more effective in exposing corruption in federal ministries,
departments and agencies.
Read the letter in full below;
No comments:
Post a Comment