Federal Legislators and Their Jumbo Salaries!

Once again the issue of the jumbo salary of federal legislators have been brought to the fore, this time by The Economist of London. The first time such was published it was vehemently denied by the legislators now another foreign publication still on the same issue of over bloated salary. How can Nigeria's lawmakers be the highest paid in the world where there is poverty and devastating unemoloyment! The average legislator earn N30.6M per annum! This is obviously waste of resources! When Sanusi the Central Bank Governor made such an assertion before now, they almost chopped his head off but he was obviously telling the truth! On the other hand we have a government that posits that meeting ASUU demands will run down the entire government! Is it not a case of misplaced priorities? It is clear here that the salaries of the legislators need to be revisitied and adjusted to meet up with current realties as the federal purse CANNOT continue to fund such remuneration of politians whose productivity is infinitestimal compared to the real sectors! Little wonder these politicians will do just about anything to win election as they see it as an avenue to make stupendous wealth at the expense of taxpaying Nigerians. We just have to get it right by doing the right thing.