ActionAid, others want lawmakers, political appointees’ salaries slashed

The ActionAid Nigeria (AAN), the Civil Society Action Coalition on Education For All (CSACEFA), Yiaga Africa and others have called for a cut in salaries of federal lawmakers and political appointees to fund education.

Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria, Ene Obi, alongside others made the call in Abuja yesterday at a media conference.

She said: “We need to get out priorities right, one of which is to cut down from the salaries and other allowances in the National Assembly and that of other (political) appointees.

“It’s disheartening that the public universities that produced the present crop of leaders and the middle manpower being currently enjoyed in the country are locked due to unresolved labour dispute between the lecturers and other unions, and the federal government.”

National Moderator, CSACEFA, Sale Abdullahi; Olaniyan Sanusi of Yiaga Africa; and others also called for collective efforts to end the ongoing ASUU strike in the interest of the nation’s education and national development.