Akpabio laments lawmakers' low earnings as senate moves to stop NLC strike

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has lamented about the low earnings of federal lawmakers.

Akpabio said the lawmakers’ earnings are insufficient to take care of volumes of requests from their constituencies, The Guardian reported.

He stated this while reacting to the bill sponsored by Abdulrahman Kawu Suleiman (NNPP, Kano), on the need to stop the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) from embarking on the proposed strike.

Akpabio, who admitted that there was hardship associated with the fuel subsidy removal, called on Nigerians to be patient with the government as it devises steps to ameliorate their suffering.

Kawu warned that the strike action could heat up the polity and gains from the strike could be far below costs to parties in the conflict.

He added: “The strike would cripple the country.

The movement would be severely curtailed. Commercial transport operators would withdraw their services, while markets, schools and healthcare facilities would be forced to shut down.”