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Anglican Primate Suggests Part-Time Legislature To Reduce Cost Of Governance.



The Primate of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, Arch-Bishop Nicholas Okoh, has called for the adoption of a part-time legislature as a measure to reduce the cost of governance in Nigeria.

This according to him will pave way for more developmental projects in Nigeria.
Speaking in Abuja on Wednesday, the clergyman lamented the alleged huge waste incurred in carrying out government activities.
Arch-Bishop Okoh recommended the part-time sitting for assembly members and also a slash in the remunerations of those in government.
The Primate maintained that “to reduce the cost of governance requires more than reducing salaries.
“I think it requires a structural adjustment; that is to say, should the people in parliament be there on permanent basis or on part time basis. If they are there on part time basis, they earn allowances.
“But as it is now, they are employed in the business of law making”.
Arch-Bishop Okoh insisted that “the country has to choose, if really we want to reduce the cost of governance”.
Reducing salary is not going to be much because the salary itself, is not much. what comes out of it after reduction is not going to be much, he maintained.
He, however, stressed that “if we take a more serious approach on what has been done in the past, let those who are members of parliament do so on part time basis, then, it becomes possible to have the reduction of expenses being made on the law makers”. 

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