{"id":8772,"date":"2018-03-12T16:38:48","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T22:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=8772"},"modified":"2018-03-12T16:38:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T22:38:48","slug":"senatorsjumbopay-my-colleagues-shut-me-down-when-i-advocated-for-lower-wages-ben-bruce","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/senatorsjumbopay-my-colleagues-shut-me-down-when-i-advocated-for-lower-wages-ben-bruce\/","title":{"rendered":"#Senators&#8217;JumboPay: \u201cMy colleagues shut me down when I advocated for lower wages\u201d-Ben Bruce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Murray-Bruce, senator representing Bayelsa east constituency, on Tuesday said he was resisted by his colleagues at the Nigeria Senate when he advocated for lower wages and allowances for public officials and a higher minimum wage for the Nigerian worker.<\/p>\n<p>Comrade Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna Central, had disclosed that a member of the Senate receives N13.5million monthly as running cost apart from monthly salary and allowances.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, Ben Bruce in a tweet said he was shut down when he demanded for a higher minimum wages for Nigerian workers, adding that if the legislators are paid higher than European legislators then the workers&#8217;s salary must be higher than that of European workers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From the first day I got to the Senate, I advocated for lower wages and allowances for public officials and a higher minimum wage for the Nigerian worker. &#8220;I was resisted and made the personal decision to share my allowances with widows in my constituency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we must pay our Legislators higher than they pay European Legislators then we must pay our workers higher than they pay European workers,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>See his Tweets below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8773\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/E514C489-72A2-4212-9914-C63C387F1556.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/E514C489-72A2-4212-9914-C63C387F1556.jpeg 635w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/E514C489-72A2-4212-9914-C63C387F1556-300x187.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/E514C489-72A2-4212-9914-C63C387F1556-100x62.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8774\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/94D1EE22-0C04-4133-9372-96BB2CCE450D.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"446\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/94D1EE22-0C04-4133-9372-96BB2CCE450D.jpeg 446w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/94D1EE22-0C04-4133-9372-96BB2CCE450D-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/94D1EE22-0C04-4133-9372-96BB2CCE450D-297x300.jpeg 297w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/94D1EE22-0C04-4133-9372-96BB2CCE450D-100x101.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Murray-Bruce, senator representing Bayelsa east constituency, on Tuesday said he was resisted by his colleagues at the Nigeria Senate when he advocated for lower wages and allowances for public officials and a higher minimum wage for the Nigerian worker. 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