No member of the 9th National Assembly told Saturday PUNCH on Friday that they would support any legislation seeking to reduce their monthly allowance. I don’t think that the budget of the National Assembly is opaque as people want to believe. He said, “By reducing the salaries and allowances of the National Assembly members, you are crippling their capacity to perform their legislative functions. You saw how the 9th Assembly members elected their leaders, how they were snatching ballot papers. The Secretary of Ohanaeze, Mr Chuks Ibegwu, said the allowances paid members of the Assembly should be reduced.

Source: Punch June 22, 2019 01:30 UTC