Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has taken a swipe at the members of the National Assembly their alleged outrageous salary package.
Speaking in Ado-Ekiti during the Colloquium of the 60th of the foremost Senior Advocate of Nigeria(SAN) Afe Babalola at the bar.
Obasanjo argued that nobody would appreciate democracy until it impacts positively on the, lives of the ordinary man.
According to him ,Demicracy is a journey and not a destination .
He explained democracy can only be strengthened if the players respect and implement the constitution to the latter.
“Democracy doesn’t mean anything to any man who is hungry ,whose live is in danger or whose property is being destroyed.” Obasanjo
Speaking on the remuneration of the members of the members of the Nigerian parliament ,Obasanjo alleged that the legislators did not allow the insitution constitutionally saddled with the responsibility to determine it but decided to fix it themselves.
“By the Nigerian Constitution, the revenue mobilisation and fiscal commission supposed to fix the salaries and emoluments of the members of the National Assembly but the set the constitution aside and decided to fix their salaries .Even,if is constitutional, it is not moral but it is neither constitutional nor moral ” he said.