In order to contribute to alleviating the biting economic hardship in the country, members of the House of Representatives have agreed to slash their salaries by 50 percent for six months.
The gesture follows the adoption of an amendment to a motion’s prayer moved by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, on the need for lawmakers to sacrifice 50% of their N600,000 monthly salaries to support Nigerians.
He said the salary cut is to be used to support the federal government’s efforts to address the rising cost of foodstuffs in the country to ameliorate the hardship Nigerians are going through.
Kalu’s amended prayer was to a motion by Rep Isiaka Ayokunle calling on proponents of the planned nationwide protests to jettison the idea and engage the government in dialogue.
The motion was adopted and referred to the committees on Humanitarian Affairs, Finance and Budget for compliance.
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