The 9 Billion Booty& NASS in the face of Poverty in Nigeria.

The reality of Nigeria today is that poverty thrives in the midst of greed and plenty. The countries that are at war have not suffered as much  casualties as Naija whose upper class and mainly politicians keep decimating the citizens through different means, hunger, preventable deaths, poor educational facilities and a near zero health infrastructure. Yet the NASS is taking a jumbo bite of 9 Billion Naira as wardrobe allowance out of the almost totally depleted national treasury. Who really needs a wardrobe, these politirickcians or the poor masses who live on less than  two dollars a day.?

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