Former President Olusegun
Obasanjo on Thursday in Ibadan described Nigerian lawmakers as a “bunch of
unarmed robbers”.
Obasanjo said the current
legislators were one of the highest paid lawmakers in the world, despite the
fact that an estimated 75 percent of Nigerians populace lived in poverty.
The former president spoke at the
book presentation of Prof. Mark Nwagwu entitled: “I am Kagara, I Weave the
Sands of Sahara” at the University of Ibadan.
Obasanjo was the Chief Host,
while the former Minister of Education, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili chaired the
occasion.
Obasanjo insisted that he would
continue to criticise national assembly members because they consumed a huge
percentage of the nation’s overhead cost.
He lamented that the nation would
hardly develop when about 90 percent of revenue was spent on overhead costs,
rather than on capital expenses.
“The way we are going about
spending all our revenue to pay overhead, we will not develop.
“And we will have ourselves to
blame. Ninety percent of revenue is used to pay overhead, allowances, salaries
and not much is left for capital development.
“It is even worse for the
National Assembly. They will abuse me again but I will never stop talking about
them. They are a bunch of unarmed robbers.
“They are one of the highest paid
in the world where we have 75 percent of our people living in abject poverty.
“They will abuse me tomorrow and
if they don’t, maybe they are sleeping. The behaviour and character of the
National Assembly should be condemned and roundly condemned,” he said.
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