2019: Saraki will determine who becomes governor in Kwara - House of Rep member

Date: 2017-04-21

A member of the House of Representatives, Zakari Mohammed, says members of the National Assembly are not the highest paid political office holders in Nigeria. Mohammed, who represents Baruten/Kaiama Federal Constituency, also denied that the legislators' pay was a guarded secret.

He said: "The public perception of the National Assembly is in sharp contrast to the reality on the ground as far as the lawmakers take-home and other allowances are concerned."

According to him, chief executives of federal agencies earn more salary than the National Assembly members. Mohammed said: "I can tell you that a Director-General of a Federal agency is far and above better than a member of parliament in terms of what he takes home in terms of pegs of office.

"Whatever a legislature does is within the limit of his allowances and the salary that he takes. "Whatever we do is within the income, we don't award contracts, we don't execute projects." Mohammed, however, advocated regular interface between the National Assembly and the public to address what he termed as current erroneous perception on the matter.

He said: "So for me, I believe it is a mindset and it is going to take sometimes to get it off Nigerians heads, and I believe a regular interface with the public will change the psyche with time." The lawmaker noted that the legislature had been painted in bad light since the inception of the fourth republic.

He explained: "The National Assembly since 1999 has been living with image issue and of course I'm saying it without any fear of contradiction that it was caused by the then President (Olusegun) Obasanjo.

"To me, it is matter of psyche. Nigeria must get it out of them that legislature is being painted in the kind of light that it is not supposed to be, because I have been a member of the house and know exactly what they are doing." The former House spokesman cautioned Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State against casting aspersions on the National Assembly.

Mohammed said the governor had taken the path of demonising the National Assembly because of "individual inclination" and his grouse with some lawmakers representing his state.

Mohammed described the governor's recent outburst over the National Assembly budget as "hypocritical". On his governorship ambition in 2019, the former commissioner said he had the right credentials for the position.

He however acknowledged that the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, would have the last say as to "who becomes what" in Kwara State. According to him, Saraki is the head of the existing political structure in the state.

Mohammed said: "I want to say we have a leadership in Kwara, we have a pattern, we have a tradition, a practice through which leaders or through those who govern us emerge.

"So as a member of that political family, I believe that when the time comes, the appropriate measure would be applied and at the end of the day the verdict of the leader will definitely be what we will abide by."

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kayode Issa     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Ejidongari     Turaki Of Ilorin     Chief Imam Of Offa     Aminu Adisa Logun     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Olatomiwa Williams     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Omotoso     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Haleeman Salman     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Kola Olota     Ayedun     Fatimoh Lawal     Kumbi Titiloye     Lanre Jimoh     Tunde Yusuf     Sobi Hill     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Bankole Omishore     Fulani     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Abubakar Atiku     Olaitan Buraimoh     Ilorin Emirate     Muhammed Akanbi     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     National Information Technology Development Agency     Taofeek Sanusi     Solomon Edojah     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Toyin Falola     Salman Suleiman     Idofin     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     ITEM 7     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Oko-Erin     Oloje     Ahman Pategi University     Esinrogunjo     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Ayobami Akanbi     Dan Masanin     Dasuki Belgore     Moshood Bakare     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Shaaba Lafiagi     Hakeem Idris     Sheikh Ariyibi     Albert Ogunsola     Najim Yaasin     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Aliyu U. Tilde     Overland     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     07039448763     Olabode Towoju     Apaola     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Taiwo Joseph     Niguel Gallando Marcias     National Association Of Nigerian Students     David Oyedepo     Quareeb Islamic Association     Labour Party     Amusement Park     CCEPE     Idris Garba     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

April 11     Idris Garuba     Olatunde Michaels     Babaita     Abubakar Aliagan     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Salihu Yahaya     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Kayode Bankole     Kwara State Television     Onikijipa     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Ridwan Agboola     KSIRS     Amina El-Imam     Shettima     Danhawa     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Bayo Ajia     Rashidi Yekini     Toyosi Thomas     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Gbugbu International Market     Afonja Descendants Union     Ibrahim Mashood     Abdulwahab Ololele     Idowu Aremu     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Kolawole Akande     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     REO CAKES     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Rachael Obisesan     Aminat Omodara     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Minimum Wage     Pacify Labs     Saka Keji     ARMTI     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Maryam Nurudeen     Wahab Egbewole     Wasiu Onidugbe     Quran     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Sam Onile     Sun Qing Rong     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Michael Nzwekwe     TESCOM     Olohungbebe     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Kanu Agabi     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     New Nigeria People’s Party     Read With Me     Seed Technologies     National Pilot     Maimunat Oniyangi     Raimi Iyanda     Iqra Books     Lithium Deposit     Erubu     First Lady     Salman Jawondo     ER-KANG Mining     Maigidasanma     Ibrahim Gambari     Ahmed Dankaya     Trader Moni     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Elewu