Nigeria: Senators Mull Donation of 50% of Their March Salary to Govt

30 March 2020

The upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly is considering the possibility of donating half of the Senators' salaries in March 2020 to the federal government to help in the bid to fight the dreaded Coronavirus pandemic.

The House of Representatives is, however, not thinking along that line as it believes doing so will amount to short changing the members' constituents.

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