Charles Soludo, the governor of Anambra State, bemoaned on Wednesday the extravagant and ostentatious lifestyle of the government and government personnel, despite the fact that Nigeria is currently impoverished.
This was announced by the governor during his speech at a special The Platform event, which The Covenant Nation hosted to encourage national growth.
He declared that the nation was in a severe financial crisis, in contrast to the extravagant lives that governors and other elected officials were promoting.
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He claims that the luxurious lives of government officials, which are maintained at the price of the country’s wealth, are the main cause of Nigeria’s economic problems.
“Let’s come clean and straight with Nigerians. Nigeria is very poor and broke but the lifestyle of government and government officials does not show it, especially with the obscene flamboyance in public display,” Soludo said.
He continued by saying that leaders are being insensitive if they are lavishing money on themselves in the face of such severe adversity, given how much pain Nigerians are going through.
“The poor are hungry and impatient, let’s not annoy them more with our insensitivity”, he lamented.
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He further maintained that he supports Reverend Mbaka for saying elected governors should receive same minimum wage as workers.
” In this case, I agree with reverend father Mbaka, who said elected governors should also earn minimum wage. I agree that we should be paid that so that we can feel that as well”, he added.
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