Social Activist, Hamzat Lawal, has advised politicians in public office seeking increase in their salaries to resign and join the private sector.
Lawal gave this advice on Thursday, while fielding questions in an interview with on ‘The Morning Brief’, a programme on Channels Television.
Lawal’s advice comes following the proposal of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, to review the salaries of political office holders in Nigeria, including that of President Bola Tinubu.
He argued that it was not the right time to review political officer holders’ salaries due to the current economic hardship in Nigeria.
Lawal tasked any politicians seeking salary review to create their own companies and allocate salaries for themselves.
“I understand that over 33 years, we have not really reviewed some of these allocations and the salary of the President, but this is not the time to do that; that country cannot afford it.
“If our politicians and political office holders think that they are not paid what they are due, they should resign and go and find a job that will pay them,” he said.
He described the proposed salary review as insensitive and a plot to set Tinubu up and make him unpopular.
According to him, focus should be on allocating more funds to the local government by implementing autonomy for the third tier of government.
Resign, join private sector – Political office holders seeking higher salaries told
