‘If Elected, I’ll Publish My Salary And Allowances As A Legislator’ – Banky W
Nigerian singer cum politician, Banky W who is the candidate of the
Modern Democratic Party (MDP), contesting for the Eti-Osa House of
Representatives seat, has vowed to publish his earnings as a legislator
if elected.
Banky W, made the announcement while speaking during a debate against
four other candidates in Lagos on Monday, February 4, 2019 where he
said accountability is one of the biggest problems in governance and
hopes to lead from the front to change the situation. He vowed to
publish his salary and allowances as a legislator and be transparent in
the spending of constituency allocations by consulting regularly with
the people.
In his words, “most of us don’t know who our representatives are,
talk less of their salary and allowances and constituency allocations
that they receive every year most of the time to enrich themselves.How I plan to address it myself directly is first of all, I’ll
publish what I earn as a legislator my salary, my allowance, the
allocation given to Eti-Osa, I will publish it.We will have town halls and an active constituency office to engage
the community to say this is the allocation that we’ve received, this is
what we intend to spend it on.”
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