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The National Assembly has resorted to bank facilities to pay its staff their monthly salaries and allowances as recession bits harder.
But the facilities do not include the controversial running cost paid to lawmakers, as well as the salaries and allowances for their aides, The Guardian reports.
Several sources yesterday confirmed to The Guardian that the resort to bank overdrafts to pay salaries of “strictly National Assembly staff,” but the Director of Information to the National Assembly, Mr. Ishaku Adamu Dibal, said he was not aware of the development that had happened at least twice in the past. It was gathered that August and September salaries were paid through overdrafts.
“What do you expect him to say, that the second arm of government has gone so broke, they now take loans to pay staff salaries?” another official asked, adding, however that the National Assembly had been prompt in returning the loans whenever money is remitted to the Assembly’s account by the Federal Government.
Last week, several legislative aides in the National Assembly protested against the delay in payments of their allowances by the management.
They are believed to be owed nearly N1.5 billion in allowances. Carrying green-white-green Nigerian flag and placards and expressing their grievances, the protesters, who were at the gate as early as 9:00a.m. last week Wednesday called on the management to settle all their outstanding allowances or face rebellion from them.
But the facilities do not include the controversial running cost paid to lawmakers, as well as the salaries and allowances for their aides, The Guardian reports.
Several sources yesterday confirmed to The Guardian that the resort to bank overdrafts to pay salaries of “strictly National Assembly staff,” but the Director of Information to the National Assembly, Mr. Ishaku Adamu Dibal, said he was not aware of the development that had happened at least twice in the past. It was gathered that August and September salaries were paid through overdrafts.
“What do you expect him to say, that the second arm of government has gone so broke, they now take loans to pay staff salaries?” another official asked, adding, however that the National Assembly had been prompt in returning the loans whenever money is remitted to the Assembly’s account by the Federal Government.
Last week, several legislative aides in the National Assembly protested against the delay in payments of their allowances by the management.
They are believed to be owed nearly N1.5 billion in allowances. Carrying green-white-green Nigerian flag and placards and expressing their grievances, the protesters, who were at the gate as early as 9:00a.m. last week Wednesday called on the management to settle all their outstanding allowances or face rebellion from them.
