Following Nigerians’ disappointing reaction to the outrageous remuneration senators of the eight assembly are expected to be paid in allowances, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has declared that he would donate his wardrobe allowance to unpaid workers in Osun State.
Bruce was attacked on Twitter last week after his comment over the National Assembly (NASS) allowance, stating he could only speak for himself and that change cannot come overnight – the statement which was perceived by twitter users as him going back on his previous promise to push for salaries and allowances of senators to be slashed.
The senator has however said he would donate a part of his wardrobe allowance to Osun workers and the other half to widows in community.
He tweeted, “I, Ben Murray Bruce, will not sit down idly, while my fellow citizens die because salaries have not been paid.
“As a first step, I am immediately donating my wardrobe allowance to unpaid workers in Osun state and widows in my Constituency.”
1-I, Ben Murray Bruce, will not sit down idly, while my fellow citizens die because salaries have not been paid.
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) June 17, 2015
2-As a first step, I am immediately donating my wardrobe allowance to unpaid workers in Osun state and widows in my Constituency.
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) June 17, 2015
3-We are starting in Osun, but we will not end there. I will do as much to help workers who’ve not been paid in other states.
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) June 17, 2015
4-I call on all my friends and followers on Twitter and Facebook to donate NON PERISHABLE food items for these our brothers in need.
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) June 17, 2015
5-As soon as my wardrobe allowance is paid, I will divide it into 2. Half will be publicly given to the NLC Chairman Osun.
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) June 17, 2015
6. The other half will be publicly given to the head of widows association in my community of Akasa.
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) June 17, 2015
