Nigerians React To Senators’ N1.24m Hardship Allowance

A storm of reactions by Nigerians has greeted the Hardship Allowance of N1.24m 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 N29.48m monthly as legislators.

The breakdown of the senators’ earnings revealed that the legislators receive N7.45m as furniture allowance and receive N9.94m as motor vehicle allowance, which is the highest fee on the breakdown of the senators’ earnings.

According to the breakdown, senators receive N2.48m as basic salary, this is in addition to the constituency allowance of N4.97m and N1.24m as hardship allowance.

Apparently displeased with the N1.24m 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 – N1.24m 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