Nigerians React To Senators’ ₦1.24m Hardship Allowance

A storm of reactions by Nigerians has greeted the Hardship Allowance of ₦1.24m received monthly by senators of the 9th Nigerian Senate.

Naija News had given a breakdown of the monthly earnings of the senators of the 9th Nigerian Senate earlier today.

This online news platform understands that the senators of the 9th Senate earn a whopping ₦29.48m monthly as legislators.

The breakdown of the senators’ earnings revealed that the legislators receive ₦7.45m as furniture allowance and receive ₦9.94m as motor vehicle allowance, which is the highest fee on the breakdown of the senators’ earnings.

According to the breakdown, senators receive ₦2.48m as basic salary, this is in addition to the constituency allowance of ₦4.97m and ₦1.24m as hardship allowance.

Apparently displeased with the ₦1.24m hardship allowance for senators, Nigerians took to the micro-blogging site, Twitter to condemn the development.

Naija News captured some of the reactions below…

Hey God! Rich people are taking ‘hardship Allowance’..@ShehuSani, did you take ‘Hardship Allowance”?? https://t.co/TATEZm1FJl

— Hugochuku (@hunkychux) September 2, 2019

This thing is small sef, hardship allowance should be like 50m, since we’re moving mad https://t.co/PkeSAiDeTR

— jindu (@Prodr3amer) September 2, 2019

"Hardship Allowance", fucking hilarious. https://t.co/Ky98EEEXFp

— Catoca (@Demilade_OG) September 2, 2019

With these people making provision for "Hardship Allowance", how can we ever expect things to get better? https://t.co/AvCiC7J65R

— Anyi (@Anyisabali) September 2, 2019

It should be called Cause Hardship Allowance because that's all our politicians do. We pay them so they can cause hardship for us

— Imoh (@ImohUmoren) September 2, 2019

Senators are collecting Hardship allowance. Meanwhile the masses (Hardship headquarters) are struggling to get 30k minimum wage.
Let me not even talk of newspaper allowance? pic.twitter.com/A2bsobijfG

— That Eccentric Artist. (@ExcentriqueArts) September 2, 2019

We Nigerians need to sign some petitions to ensure that some of this allowances are cut off. Hardship allowance keh, Haba. pic.twitter.com/5z2B6nW4Sr

— That Eccentric Artist. (@ExcentriqueArts) September 2, 2019

Hardship Allowance – ₦1.24m and one senator'd come and be sleeping upandan. It's such a nice job being paid to sleep. While someone who still struggles to buy internet data would come on Twitter to condemn the IPOB and @MaziNnamdiKanu for protesting against Nigerian politicians.

— Witty Litty-Songz (@Witlit_Songz) September 2, 2019

A country that cannot pay his workers a meagre #30k naira as minimum wage but can afford to pay #1.2m naira to Senators that have not passed a bill in the interest of the oppressed masses hardship allowance. The question is who really needs hardship allowance!#RevolutionNow pic.twitter.com/YMSCo0MU7Z

— Revolutionary Towolawi Jamiu (@jharmo) September 2, 2019