The serious hunger across the country has prompted the House of Representatives at a plenary session on Thursday to pledged to give up 50 per cent of their salaries for six months.
While making a plea, urging his colleagues to sacrifice 50% of their salaries, Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu who amended the motion, in a session presided over by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, sought their support to fight hunger.
Kalu 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.”
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.
