The traditional ruler said it is wrong to spend half of
the country’s resources on paying salaries and allowances of political
office holders.
Asuquo made the call on Sunday, June 7, in Calabar, when he addressed newsmen at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport.
Asuquo, who represented Calabar/Odukpani Federal
Constituency in the National Assembly, said that is important to slash
jumbo pay of political office holder in order to reduce the cost of
governance.
“Every political office holder’s salary in this
country should be slashed at least by 50 per cent. The cost of
governance in Nigeria is the highest in the world.
“It is wrong to use half of the country’s
resources to pay for salaries and emoluments of political office holders
with nothing left for capital development.
“If we do not have money for capital development,
the country will not develop; we are spending too much on recurrent
expenditure that does not generate income,’’ he said.
According to him, President Buhari has promised to
cut cost of governance to an acceptable level, adding that it will save
the country more funds for developmental projects.
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