The imperative to slash or cut down the National Assembly budget has, in recent times, assumed the front burner, especially against the backdrop of the advocacy to reduce the cost of governance in the country.<\/p>\n
In expanding the frontiers of the advocacy, public sentiments have been raised against the so-called jumbo salaries and allowances of the federal legislators. The development is almost verging on blackmail and intimidation of the arm of government.<\/p>\n
This issue is interrogated in the cover choice of this edition titled: \u201cPolitics of NASS Budget Cut\u201d as well as in a number of companion reports on the same subject matter, one of which focuses on the \u201cThe myth and reality of Federal Legislators\u2019 jumbo pay.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the \u201cConclave\u201d column, titled \u201cOf Budget Cut, National Assembly and Institutional Blackmail,\u201d the issue is also discussed.<\/p>\n
There are a number of interesting interviews, reports, opinions, viewpoints, perspectives and other regulars for your reading pleasure.<\/p>\n
Please fasten your seat belt as we take you on a flight through the pages of this edition and their illuminating contents.<\/p>\n
Enjoy the package!<\/p>\n
Emmah Adah<\/strong><\/p>\n Deputy Editor-in-Chief <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The imperative to slash or cut down the National Assembly budget has, in recent times, assumed the front burner, especially against the backdrop of the advocacy to reduce the cost of governance in the country. In expanding the frontiers of the advocacy, public sentiments have been raised against the so-called jumbo salaries and allowances of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-341","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-conclave"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecongresswatch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecongresswatch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecongresswatch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecongresswatch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecongresswatch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=341"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thecongresswatch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":606,"href":"https:\/\/thecongresswatch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions\/606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecongresswatch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecongresswatch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecongresswatch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecongresswatch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}