SHOCKING NEWS!! Buhari Set To Slash Presidency, National Assembly Expenses And Salaries By 50%
IN KANO – MEMBER-ELECT, House of Representatives, Gaya,/Ajingi/Albasu federal constituency, Abdullahi Mahmud Gaya, has called on the President elect, Muhammadu Buhari to slash 50% expenses of the presidency and National Assembly expenses to garner enough resources to execute capital projects.
IN KANO – MEMBER-ELECT, House of Representatives, Gaya,/Ajingi/Albasu federal constituency, Abdullahi Mahmud Gaya, has called on the President elect, Muhammadu Buhari to slash 50% expenses of the presidency and National Assembly expenses to garner enough resources to execute capital projects.
Briefing Reporters in Kano, Monday, Gaya, urged all his colleagues to
show understanding and sacrifice to take the country forward.
The erstwhile Kano Commissioner of Finance, said “In my opinion I think
it will be better for all the elected representatives, beginning from
Mr. President to members of parliament, to Ministers, other Advisors and
special assistants to demonstrate understanding and sacrifice agree to
50% salary cut” he called.
He said “Since we believe the country needs positive change we should
therefore accept it as such. The slash in the expenses should continue
till when our dear nation gets to execute capital projects. May be from
the time we were inaugurated to another two years,” he insisted.
Gaya further emphasised that, they were all elected to change the trend
if the federal government expenses for better. “As it is obtained now
75% of the national budget goes to recurrent expenditure and the
remaining 25% goes to capital expenditure. We should not accept this if
we really have the county ay heart, ” Gaya challenged profusely.
He stressed that the spending at the Presidential Villa, should also be
slashed for the meantime. “So that we get something to work with,” he
said.
He also stated that, if Nigeria could copy from Kano state, where
leakages were stopped, the in-coming administration of Buhari could get
mote resources to work with.
“In Kano state the public treasury is being guarded and guided jealously
with care and accountability, which resulted into a disciplined fiscal
responsibility. Buhari and all other representatives should copy from
Kano,”.
“In our budget in Kano, we spend 75% in capital expenditure while only 25% goes to recurrent spending,” Gaya posits.