Saraki bows to pressure, agrees to meet SERAP over salaries of lawmakers

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- SERAP says it is scheduled to visit the National Assembly complex on Thursday, September 21

- The group states that the visit would afford it the opportunity to discuss matters of public interest with lawmakers

- The chief whip of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Doguwa, faults Senator Saraki for criticising the military’s declaration of IPOB as a terrorist group

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has accepted an invitation from the Senate president, Bukola Saraki to visit the National Assembly to discuss matters of public interest.

Timothy Adewale, SERAP's deputy director said representatives of the group will on Thursday, September 21, honour an invitation of the Senate president to visit the Assembly, Premium Times reports.

“We are pleased to accept the invitation from the Senate President to visit the National Assembly to discuss matters of public interest following SERAP’’s letter to Saraki to disclose details of salaries and allowances of members of the Senate.

“We will use the opportunity of the face-to-face meeting to ask pertinent questions and seek detailed information and clarifications on the exact salaries and allowances that each senator receives monthly or yearly," Adewale stated.

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He disclosed that the Thursday meeting which has been scheduled for 1pm at the National Assembly complex follows SERAP’s request to Saraki to urgently explain to Nigerians if it is true that a Nigerian Senator gets N29 million in monthly pay, and over N3 billion a year.

Meanwhile, Senate president, Bukola Saraki, has been faulted by the chief whip of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Doguwa, for faulting the military’s declaration of IPOB as a terrorist group, Premium Times reports.

NAIJ.com had reported that Doguwa described Saraki’s statement that the military did not have the authority to proscribe the pro-Biafra group as a mere political statement.

Doguwa stated that Saraki’s statement was unnecessary; especially in light of the attacks meted out by the pro-Biafra group on innocent citizens.

In the video below, NAIJ.com asked Nigerians if they could name a politician in the country who is not alleged to be corrupt.