Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has expressed her disapproval of the reports stating that the National Assembly allocated N70 billion and N40 billion to cater for the needs of lawmakers and purchase vehicles, respectively.
The National Assembly recently passed an amendment to the N819.5 billion 2022 supplementary budget, approving N70 billion to support the “working condition” of new lawmakers.
Additionally, there are reports indicating that over N40 billion would be spent on procuring vehicles for lawmakers in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
In response to this development, Ezekwesili criticized the lawmakers for their lack of common sense and compassion.
She questioned their decision to allocate such enormous sums of money despite the prevailing economic situation in the country and expressed her belief that they lack the wisdom to govern effectively.
Ezekwesili warned that a day of reckoning would come when the citizens would no longer tolerate the excesses of the lawmakers.
She referred to them as “Dishonorable Members” and “Extinguished Senators,” suggesting that their actions were not in the best interest of the public.
Taking to Twitter, she wrote, “You see those ones void of common sense, compassion, and empathy; that call themselves Lawmakers of @nassnigeria @NGRSenate @HouseNGR preparing to swallow N70 Billion Naira and purchase cars for N40 Billion for so-called ‘principal officers’? I pity them.”
Ezekwesili further criticized the lack of “enlightened self-interest” in the manner the lawmakers conduct public governance and predicted that a time would come when citizens would no longer tolerate their excesses.
