Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has declared on Twitter that he is donating his wardrobe allowance to unpaid workers of Osun State and to widows in his home state of Bayelsa. He made this declaration, even as new information has emerged on the exact figure of the wardrobe allowance of Nigerian legislators, Wednesday, June 17, 2015.
1-I, Ben Murray Bruce, will not sit down idly, while my fellow citizens die because salaries have not been paid.
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) June 17, 2015
2-As a first step, I am immediately donating my wardrobe allowance to unpaid workers in Osun state and widows in my Constituency.
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) June 17, 2015
3-We are starting in Osun, but we will not end there. I will do as much to help workers who've not been paid in other states.
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) June 17, 2015
4-I call on all my friends and followers on Twitter and Facebook to donate NON PERISHABLE food items for these our brothers in need.
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) June 17, 2015
5-As soon as my wardrobe allowance is paid, I will divide it into 2. Half will be publicly given to the NLC Chairman Osun.
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) June 17, 2015
6. The other half will be publicly given to the head of widows association in my community of Akasa.
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) June 17, 2015
Bruce is a first time senator under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District. He is chairman of the Silverbird Group.
The Senate President Saraki has clarified today that wardrobe allowance for legislators is N506,600 per annum.
