We live in a craze country where accountability and transparency are detested. How do we describe this bastardized system where the thirty-six governors are given a monthly security vote ranging between N300 million to N800 million depending on the state without detailed constitutional note on how to spend it since 1999.
This is stealing and looting of public funds !
Ninety five percent of the ruling elite members of this country are not honest and straight ford. Same goes to average Nigerian politician.
The level of financial recklessness by the Nigeria ruling class is disturbing and retarding to the growth of the economy. They have all sort of names attached to this financial abuse like furniture allowance, newspapers allowance, traveling allowance and so on. In the first place they don't merit 10% of the salary and allowances going by the level of their achievements. All these are outside their outrageous pensions and entitlements.
Nigeria is not a country but a jungle. How can we match ruling class's exposure and education to the current and unwarranted financial system we are practicing in government considering the level of poverty and infrastructure decay of the country.
Their education and exposure are waste when they can not prudently manage scarce resources on behalf of the tax payers.
Nigeria is a finished business because the security vote is nothing but governor's pocket money. There is little or no hope for the masses if we continue on this trend.
An average of N500 million security vote for a governor will amount to N6 billion annually, successfully this will pay for 2/4 of some states' work force. This is an abuse of public funds and waste of tax payers money.
From 1999, since we started this crazy-demo the elected/selected governors have being taking undue advantage of this security vote for their personal use and enrichment. This is money that is not accounted and audited for.
Why will Nigeria not be a first class failed state with this financial criminality ?
This is one of the biggest corruption killing the country that subsequent federal governments refused to do something about. Probably because undisclosed amount of security vote is also set aside for the president to pocket for four good years according to some sources. So this is a big treat to our democracy where majority of the masses are suffering and living below poverty line.
There is too secrecy in country's governance system and process, no doubt Nigeria will remain a third world country for many decades because of this. The country is so terrible to the extent that an average ruling elite is nothing but crook and criminal. Nobody among them has leave above the board including BUHARI, Mr integrity.
Across the country, none of governors has ever deem it fit to disclose the amount of security vote and how it was spent. In fact, they have always dodged questions regarding it from the press and public.
An average Nigeria elected person is wicked and heartless, at all levels of government they run a 'secret society' of government especially when it comes to personal budgets and expenses. There is no openness and transparency. According to some lawyers, this security vote has no constitution backing.
From all available information, the first thing they do with the monthly allocation from federal government is to move the security vote for their own personal use without consideration for workers' salaries and pensioners. Majority of Nigeria states are still owing many month salaries. Even with this problem they are not ready to let go of 1kobo from all their crazy and secretive financial inducement and unmerited allowances.
Ours is a secret society democratic system of government !
Let's agree that we have bunched of looters and insincere people as governors across all states, what of Buhari that has proclaimed himself as Mr integrity. Is it not morally right for him to seize the opportunity and clean some of these financial mess that are keeping Nigeria masses in poverty?
Everybody knows that PDP government has failed in this aspect, moreover, unappropriated and unaccounted spending are their trademark.
On this issue of security vote the Nigeria ruling class has failed the hard-working tax payers, now is time for tax payers and masses to demand for its total stoppage especially that the current bulk of security of the country lies with the federal government. - Irunmole-nla
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