A Rep member spent N4b to win election into an office the place he will likely be given N1m wage – Sergius Ogun

In response to a news that was printed by the Vanguard Newspaper on-line this morning, it was reported that Hon. Sergius Ogun, who occurs to be a member of the Home of Representatives, representing the Esan South-East Federal Constituency of Edo State, and who can be a member of the Home Adhoc Committee on Foreign money Swap, in an interview with Vanguard’s correspondent, has claimed that the cashless policy of the CBN, would assist scale back corruption and usher Nigeria into a greater nation. CONTINUE READING…

Whereas he was speaking in the course of the interview with Vanguard’s correspondent, he claimed {that a} member of the Home of Representatives, spent N4 billion to win an election into an office the place he will likely be paid nothing greater than N1 million wage, which they earn as Rep member.

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He mentioned all this stuff are indicators that there’s corruption in Nigeria and such must be checkmate earlier than our nation plunges into whole crisis.

He mentioned, ” A Home of Rep member, spent N4 billion to win election into an office the place he will likely be given N1m wage and in these 4 years, he might not earn N100 million as wage. Election cycle shouldn’t control our lives. We’re over-glamorizing political office on this a part of the world.

If a person’s office wage is N1million (a month), why ought to he spend about N4billion to get to that office when you recognize that in 4 years, there may be going to be one other election ?”