People will stop shouting over allowance of senators if I reveal what governors earn – Peter Obi

People will stop shouting over allowance of senators if I reveal what governors earn – Peter Obi

The former governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi, says what governors earn in Nigeria is immoderate. .

Speaking as a panelist at the dialogue organised by Ripples Centre for Data and Investigative Journalism in Lagos on Thursday, Obi told the audience that if he revealed how much a Nigerian governor earns, the outrage would be hotter than what trailed the N13.5 million monthly pay of senators. .

Thecable quoted him as saying: “None of you knows what a governor earns, quote me anywhere if you know you won’t be here. It is something you can’t imagine. .

You just know the one of senators, and you are shouting, but what if you know that of the governors? America’s GDP is way above Nigeria’s but an American senator earns $174,000 (about N50 million) a year and you can imagine what his Nigerian counterpart earns in a month.

In America, governors earn according to their state. The governor of California is the highest paid in America, and he earns $192, 000. The smallest state earns $70, 000. .

But in Nigeria, I can tell you because I’ve been there, the cost of just keeping convoys alone is in millions.
While in power, I reduced the vehicles in my convoy to four and I never used a bulletproof car. I asked them, why are all these vehicles following me, and nobody was able to explain to me. .

I asked them why do we need to spend about N30 million fueling these vehicles that 60% are empty when following me? What is the essence of a bulletproof car? Anyone who wants to kill you would come when you are out of the car. For eight years I didn’t use, and they didn’t kill me.”