Anxiety in church over lawmakers’ pay
The congregation listening to Archbishop Ignatius Kattey at Saint John’s Anglican Church in Port Harcourt on Saturday THE ...
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THE
congregation at the Saint John’s Anglican Church, Rumueme Deanery in
Rivers State were shocked on Saturday when they were told how much a
Nigerian serving senator earns as salary.
The church was the venue of the second
session of the 7th Synod organised by the Diocese of the Niger Delta
North (Anglican Communion).
Presiding over the event, the
Archbishop, Province of Niger Delta and President of the synod, the Most
Rev. Ignatius Kattey, told members of the church that a senator in
Nigeria earned N29m every month as salary.
The entire church expressed shock, even
as Kattey called on the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, to
review the earnings of the lawmakers.
“The incoming government should adopt
practical cost-saving measures. A situation where lawmakers take so much
as salaries is not healthy for the country’s economy.
“Go to the Internet, you will see that a
senator earns N29m as salary every month. It is not hidden,” Kattey had
told the bewildered congregation.