Nigeria, a country where leaders milk the citizens

            President Buhari


It is hardly surprising that Nigerians are in a state of angry shock.  This was after learning that each one of their senators is given a budget of close to $40,000 (£29,000) a month to be used on expenses of their own choice.

The money is on top of a salary of more than $2,000 a month - not to mention a yearly constituency budget of $5.5m.

Sadly, these are lawmakers who hardly do any work.  For instance, if one may ask: How many bills have these senators passed since the commencement of this government?  In what ways have they worked to improve the lives of the people?

Nigeria's minimum wage, meanwhile, is just $50 a month.

Senator Shehu Sani, a governing party politician who revealed the figures, is calling for the scrapping of the payments, saying they were a key reason why many people went into politics.  This is true as politics is perhaps the only truly thriving industry in the country.

Civil society groups in Nigeria have welcomed Sani's decision to reveal how much they were receiving each month.

Meanwhile, on social media everyday Nigerians - who, up until now, had little hope of discovering the financial arrangements of their MPs - are venting their anger.