Founding Nationwide Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chekwas Okorie, has frowned at any transfer to extend the salaries of political workplace holders.
Okorie, who gave this warning on Wednesday, described such a step as insensitive and able to triggering public anger.
The APGA Founding Nationwide Chairman was reacting to a proposal by the Income Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Fee, RMAFC, for an upward overview of emoluments of political leaders.
In line with him, Nigerians have been already reeling below financial hardship led to by coverage selections made by these in energy.
Okorie said additional that elevating politicians’ pay presently would quantity to mocking the struggling of residents.
“What RMAFC is saying is that, as a fee, it’s insensitive to the sentiments of Nigerians who’re bearing the brunt of the coverage decisions of politicians.
“The starvation and anger within the land is seen and felt by nearly everybody. They shouldn’t be speaking about rising the pay of political workplace holders; in actual fact, they need to be speaking a couple of downward overview,” he mentioned.
