Lado Suleja, a member of the house of representatives from
Niger state, says lawmakers were “forced” to donate their salaries of two
months to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Suleja, while speaking to journalists in Niger recently,
said most of his colleagues were not happy about the donation.
Benjamin Kalu, spokesman of the house, did not immediately
respond to TheCable’s enquiries for comment.
Femi Gbajabiamila, the speaker, had announced that the green
chamber agreed to contribute their salaries for March and April to support the
federal government’s efforts amid the pandemic.
“We have in the house of representatives jointly committed
to contributing one hundred per cent of our salaries for the next two months to
the fight against COVID-19 in Nigeria,” Gbajabiamila had said.
“Starting from March salary, the lawmakers’ donation will be
transferred directly to the National Relief Fund account for the fight against
COVID-19.”
But Suleja, who represents Guevara/Suleja/Tafa federal
constituency of Niger, said the deductions were made without some of the
lawmakers’ consent.
“Even though we were forced to donate our two months salary,
we still help the poor with the little that we have and we will continue doing
it till the end of this virus,” he said.
The lawmaker added that though the donation was for the
progress of Nigeria, “most of us were not happy about it”.
He likened the manner which the donations were done to how
workers are “not happy about deducting their salary without their consent”.
Senators and ministers also donated parts of their salaries
to fund the fight against the coronavirus.
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