Senator representing Bayelsa East and philanthropist Mr. Ben Murray Bruce of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has pledged to donate his wardrobe allowance to the unpaid workers in Osun state and widows in his community at Akasa, Bayelsa state.
The media mogul said his action is necessitated by the suffering of the workers and their dependants over the inability of the state government to pay public service workers.
“I, Ben Murray Bruce, will not sit down idly, while my fellow citizens die because salaries have not been paid.
As a first step, I am immediately donating my wardrobe allowance to unpaid workers in Osun state and widows in my Constituency,” he said
He added that he will publicly handover his allowance to the chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC IN Osun state and the head of widows association in Akasa.
“We are starting in Osun, but we will not end there. I will do as much to help workers who’ve not been paid in other states.
As soon as my wardrobe allowance is paid, I will divide it into two. Half will be publicly given to the NLC Chairman Osun.
The other half will be publicly given to the head of widows association in my community of Akasa.,” he added while enjoining other Nigerians to donate to the workers in Osun and other states of the country, facing similar crisis.
Each senator is entitled to a wardrobe allowance of N506, 600 per annum according to the Chairman of Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, Engr. Elias Mbam.
For about eight months now, the All Progressives Congress, APC led government of Rauf Aregbesola has not paid workers in the state.
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Why Osun State? Our governor will pay us soon.
ReplyDeleteWardrobe allowance! Are you people naked or ragged before elected? You people shd be ashamed of yourselves, go out there, people are dying of hunger. In fact I felt we don't need all these upper and lower houses.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting. Nigeria is growing. But I think the wardrobe allowance shouldn't have been there in the first place.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting. Nigeria is growing. But I think the wardrobe allowance shouldn't have been there in the first place.
ReplyDelete'You can fool some people for some times but you can not fool all the people all the time'
ReplyDeleteBen Bruce, thank God for your selfless services you render to Osun workers, that's how it should be not one person accumulating wealth as if they will take the riches to heaven. People should commend his effort and how of his type can deny their wardrobe allowance for the need. Once again thanks and God bless you Sir. But please Sir, pass this message to the HOUSE tell them to cut down all these their allowances so that the money can be use for meaningful things for Nigerians thank you.
ReplyDeletePlease let's be objective to issues, the government is owning salaries and people are suffering. What is bad if a somebody said that he will donate money to the unpaid workers who have worked for about 8 month without pay. Please commend the senator rather been fanatical about issues in the first place what is holding the government from paying salaries, not one month, two, three month. If every elected Nigeria Legislator/chairman will do this, our Nigeria will be a better place.
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