Reps To Give 50% of Salaries To Combat Hunger

The House of Representatives on Thursday pledged to give up 50 per cent of their salaries for six months to address the hunger in the nation.

The Plenary session, presided over by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, had the  Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu amended the motion, urging his colleagues to sacrifice 50% of their salaries.

He said, “This government is doing its best but one year is not enough to address the challenges of this country. I want to plead with our colleagues to sacrifice 50 per cent for a period of six months.

“Our salary is N600,000 a month. I want to plead that we let go of 50 per cent of our salary for a period of six months,” Kalu said.

With each member paying N300,000 into a common purse, the legislative chamber will be contributing N108m monthly to the Federal Government and N648m for six months.