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Minister of Finance, Budget and Planning, Zainab Ahmed says most of the Nigeria's capital projects are recycled thus gulping huge amount of money on a yearly basis.

Ahmed revealed this in Abuja at a forum tagged Policy Dialogue on Corruption and Cost of Governance in Nigeria on Tuesday. The minister said President Muhammadu Buhari had asked the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission to review the salaries of civil servants and employees of many agencies in the country to save cost.

According to her, the Nigerian government plans to remove certain items from the budget to reduce the cost of governance.

 

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Yes, salaries of all the people in power including she, herself should be slashed so that the poor can feed.

So that means we cant even think of recruitement when you want to slash salaries.

In my opinion,minimum wage should apply to every one including the president himself...

Slash the minister salary, they are the major problem this country has

Slash politicians salaries and leave d poor workers alone

Dis lady na devil

Don't slash salary instead check corruption, excessive spending my chief executives of government agencies and insist on adhering to monetisation policy as brought about by OBJ government.

There are many ways of reducing cost of governance without slashing the struggling workers meager salary.

Will they also slash government officials, National Assembly, Executive salaries? Or it is just the poor that will be hit by this?

Pls tell her to do same for herself, president and vice, other ministers, governors, commissioners, national assembly and state assemblies and political appointees, then the problem will be solved. The covid19 pandemic has not taught our leaders anything at all.

Let them start from the legislators.

How shortsighted can this human be? How do u not see that financing yourself and your legislative colleagues consume about 60% of your budget? Slash the damn thing into two and move on joor!

And DANGOTE keeps getting tax incentives? FM, trying so hard to avoid super inflation, after printing shit loads of fake money into circulation.

A Councillor In Bayelsa Used her ‘Car Allowance’ to build (an about 50m) bridge to link some two rural communities...ordinary Councillor. But those that already have more than enough sit on even way more and Yet that community had no Bridge.

Of cos it won't be that of the common man.The common man on the street doesn't run the government....the government run them so let the cost of governance be reudeced from the government runners.....shikena!We even like it.

will it affect the emoluments if the legislators and other public office holders? Nigeria and easy way out insincere approach.

Why can’t they slash their own salaries A minister is having an office with workers A senator is having an office Even councilor has an office with lots of workers Politicians should earn about 1 million monthly not the millions they are earning

Cut to the chase. How much have you guys sold this country?

I love this......for a reason

Just try it if Nigeria will not shut down, instead place everyone in the political offices on a pay-roll, they are meant to serve Nigeria and NOT the other way round....thieves.

They should slash all ministers salary first.

This means dino_melaye was correct with his revelations concerning NNPCgroup being broke

ayemojubar Why the workers, Buhari and his cohorts should set an examples of slashing down their extravagant salaries as it has no justification of increment.

These people in govt position are honestly dumb.They just wake up from their evil slumber and vomit irrational and nonsense things Who broke the country in the first place? You want to slash salaries of those you under pay and still owe. SLASH HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY MEMBERS SALARIES

Buhari is still a learner for where your incompetence dey.. She devil

How the hell can you say Nigeria is broke..how come, what and what have you guys done so far..than to misappropriate funds..please forget story...

Issokay

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Never have I witnessed the dumbest set of Nigerian Leadership.

Even if Nigeria wealth is that of solomon ...with the mindless plundering of finance ....Broke should be the least word used

Fools in Government, go tame your cows you all refuse, go sell fufule you all refuse now see what your empty brain is causing the entire Nation to the extent those that do not have any thing to do with your foolishness will join to pay for your foolishness. Nigeria !!!

You want to cut my 30k minimum wage but maintain the millions you syphon every month..... Demons....... Sons and daughters of nymrod kush

ayemojubar When you have brainless people overseeing the various govt parastatals, the only good advice they can give brainless MBuhari to save governance cost is to slash workers salary. How about our non creative legislators that earn more salaries than creative US legislators?

Start from the top

It is the poor civil servants that will bear the brunt of the recklessness of the political class..why can't the government sacks all the political aids and appointees doing the same work...and put all political appointees on civil servants salary scale?

NLC and unions is dead completely in Nigeria

It's civil servants they could remember, they don't remember overbloated salaries and allowances of NASS members, Presidency and its ministers and aides.

If the govt is broke then reduce top officials pay not civil servants pay

So...the cause of high cost of governance is the poor workers' pay and the politicians' jumbo pay, abi!. Clueless and shameless people.

Take a look national assembly first

PMS price went up, electricity tariff went up, VAT went up, inflation rate went up but salary is about to come down. USA I am coming. I can manage $15/hr minimum wage.

Now your government want to pretend that the economy is bad because they've leaked it out that you print notes without selling products to make money to meet your expenses. So you better print more notes as usual. Don't pretend I beg.

A graduate with a government agency earns 60k per month... Never enough...debts on debts per month...if u slash it...the money go just disappear...Go to Dubai and recover from looters na... please look inwards

Ah ah carry another 800m and dash bandits na since we don't want to be serious in this nation

What?

They should start wit themselves!!

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