*Urges FG to slash 50% off public office holders salaries
*Insists on independent inquiry into budget padding
A coalition of civil society
organisations (CSOs) under the aegis of “Say No Campaign Nigeria”, has
called on President Muhammad Buhari to sell off his fleet of
presidential jets as an examplenary measure to assure Nigerians that
government is ready and willing to sacrifice in order to rescue the
country from the current economic depression.
The coalition, made up of
Partners for Electoral Reform (PEF), Protest to Power Movement (PPM) and
Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), said it was
disingenuous for public officers to continue to live their extravagant
lifestyles in the midst of the biting economic hardship.
Speaking to journalists on Friday
in Abuja on the state of the nation, the Chairman of the group, Mr.
Ezenwa Nwagwu, explained that considering the worsening economic
hardship in the country, there was need for Buhari to make some urgent
adjustments and show clear commitments towards restoring the dwindling
economic recession.
Nwagwu argues that the
prevailing economic hardship compels rethinking of how government
officials encourage waste in the system.
“We are greatly concerned
about the unprecedented levels of economic hardship bedeviling the
nation which has resulted in hunger, deprivation, unemployment,
skyrocketing cost of essential commodities, unmitigated corruption in
public and private institutions.
“The worsening security
situation in our country, the flagrant abuse of democratic processes and
the accompanying failure or refusal by government to effectively
address these issues,” Nwagwu stressed, were also of concern to them.
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