Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila is the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives from Lagos state. In this interview culled from The PUNCH, the Lawmaker supports the call for a reduction in the allowances of National Assembly members but with a caveat. Want to know what it is, read excerpts below:
"It is a remedy, if it's thought out properly. If it is a remedy, it's absolutely welcomed by me. But I think it's not about allowances neither is it about being full-time or part-time; I think it's about commitment and doing the right thing. I think it is about putting the right people in the right offices. If you cut the time and allowances, as long as you don't have the right calibre of people that will deliver what needs to be delivered, you are going to get same results. It is called 'garbage in garbage out.' For me, it is a welcome development if we look at it.
"What I want to say on the issue of allowances is that we should take a global look and see whether truly, Nigerian legislators are the highest paid in the world. From my research, they appear not to be but if that is the case, then, we should look at it, slash it wherever we want to slash it. Anything that will give better performance, I am all for it. What is important is that we grow our democracy and deliver the dividends to all Nigerians wherever they may be."
Read Hon. Gbajabiamila's justification for the huge allowances received by Nigerian legislators in comparison to their counterparts in the U.S
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