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My Basic Salary Goes As Palliative To Vulnerable Nigerians – Ireti Kingibe
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My Basic Salary Goes As Palliative To Vulnerable Nigerians – Ireti Kingibe
By Haruna Yusuf, Abuja
The Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ireti Kingibe, has said that most of her basic salary as a senator goes towards meeting the needs and challenges that are occurring in Abuja, most especially in rural areas.
Senator Kingibe, also revealed that contrary to popular opinion, the purchase of luxury SUVs for the members of the senate was carried out by the 9th Assembly, not the 10th Assembly.
“it is more important to make sure that the problems that Abuja experiences with insecurity, healthcare, and other aspects are solved before the construction of other infrastructure in the state.”
Kingibe was questioned on the campaign promise she made to use her basic salary to provide aid for people in Abuja, to which she replied, “People are under the misconception that the basic salary of a senator is a lot. It’s not as much. But so far, I’ve been a senator- in the next week or two it will be maybe 6 months, because there’s such intense poverty out there, a lot of it goes for palliatives. Oh, I have no food, I need to do this, so, a lot of that goes there.
“But that notwithstanding, I’m in the process of trying to buy a rig so that some of those infrastructurprocessesess you are talking about, I’m trying to see if, in partnership with some donor agencies, I can get greater, so that some short rural roads, it will make a little bit of a difference, so yes. I leave the bigger ones to the minister to do in terms of infrastructure, I’m just trying to do the little ones that will make a difference.”
