Nigeria’s National Assembly wants a combined wardrobe allowance worth nearly 9bn Naira ($45m) over the course of the four-year term. The money to be split between the 469 parliamentarians, will have 21.5m naira ($110,000) for each senator, and 17.5m naira ($88,000) for each member of the House of Representatives. An infographic released by The Economist shows lawmakers in Nigeria earn a basic salary of $190,000, the second highest in the world behind Australia, roughly 116 times the country’s GDP per person.
Nigerians have since the announcement of the intended wardrobe allowance taken their debate online:
I'm weak. Thousands of IDPs spent the harmattan season, sleeping in the open without blankets. 400+ people want #9billion for clothes…
— Oberkommando der Quency Quencies (@KoloKennethK) June 16, 2015
Apparently, the men and women of the NASS were naked all this while.
We have to sacrifice Nigeria to cloth them. #9billion
Gosh….— ZahrahMusa, Ph.D (@Zahrahmusa) June 16, 2015
Nigeria's lawmakers want to literally 'Dress To Kill'. #9billion (N9,000,000,000) that can be used to build a World Class health facility!
— Nejeeb Bello Oyarese (@NejeebBello) June 16, 2015
