Senators-elect seek reduction in cost of governance

                     

Some senators-elect have described as unacceptable the high cost of running government in the country, demanding immediate review so that the incoming administration of the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, can achieve meaningful development.

Specifically, the senators-elect, who spoke in separate interviews with our correspondent in Abuja, advocated a drastic reduction in the allowances accruable to top government functionaries and the lawmakers. senator-elect, like Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi West),Ben Bruce (PDP, Bayelsa East) all spoke on the matter. Bruce pledged to sponsor a bill that would seek to reduce the cost of running the government immediately after the inauguration of the 8th National Assembly. He said the bill would prescribe specific punishment for defaulters even as he vowed to move against any of his colleagues who would try to oppose his bill.