Nigerians Task N’ Assembly, RMAFC on Allowances

Nigerians have responded in various ways to reports that members of the 8th National Assembly would receive N9 billion as wardrobe allowance.

At bus stops, bars, offices, university campuses, homes and on socialmedia–Nigerians-expressed their outrage. To various citizens and groups, “when some states owe up to 11 months in salaries, how could public officials spend so much on frivolities?”

On social media, the hash tags #Open NASS, #Occupy NASS and #Undress NASS quickly trended as Nigerians called for a protest to the National Assembly to express their anger.

In response, the Co-Founder of Budg it Seun Onigbinde, said, “For the Senate President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the other 466 members of the National Assembly, let it be very clear that Nigerians are not distracted by the wardrobe allowance but are very focused on a National Assembly that’s transparent and accountable.”

The groups sought for three things, including public declaration of 2015 budget allocation of N120 billion.

“There are two judgments against the National Assembly ordering them to make their books public. Budgita nd PPDC have also recently taken them to court for failing to respond to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request”, Onigbinde added.