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Senators Now Pocket At Least N2Billion, Reps N1Billion In ‘Constituency Projects’ Since Tinubu Removed Fuel Subsidy—Lawmaker Exposes Budget Padding

A federal lawmaker has revealed the staggering amounts of public funds Nigerian lawmakers now receive for so-called "constituency projects.”

The lawmaker revealed that significantly more funds have been allocated to so-called ‘constituency projects’—often used to pad budgets—since President Bola Tinubu’s istration removed the fuel subsidy.

He claimed that no Senator in the country currently gets less than N2 billion, while House of Representatives now pocket a minimum of N1 billion each.

The lawmaker, whose name SaharaReporters has yet to ascertain, disclosed this at a recent public gathering in Osun State while addressing of his constituency.

His statement has ignited fresh outrage over the deepening culture of corruption, impunity, and opaque spending in Nigeria’s legislative arm.

He said, “I understand the functions of National Assembly , and I want people to know that there is no honourable member—quote me anywhere; I am saying it publicly. We have nine honourable from Osun State. There has been no honourable member since Tinubu’s inauguration who is getting constituency projects less than N1 billion. Before, it was not up to that. The increment started last year."

According to him, the budget hike followed the removal of fuel subsidy under President Bola Tinubu’s istration. This move has plunged millions of Nigerians into unprecedented hardship while simultaneously padding the pockets of political elites.

“Immediately they removed subsidy and our governor started getting more funds, the same thing became applicable to Senators and honourable ,” he said. “If a House of Representatives member is doing some projects, don't think he is using his personal fund.”

The lawmaker went on to stress that: “Now, there is no Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with constituency projects less than N2 billion.”

This revelation directly contradicts the public image often portrayed by lawmakers who claim to be struggling for their people, while in reality, they preside over bloated budgets shrouded in secrecy and execute largely untraceable or abandoned projects under the guise of constituency development.

SaharaReporters has previously documented how constituency projects have become one of the most abused avenues for looting public funds, with contracts often awarded to cronies, inflated, or left uncompleted.

Projects are sometimes either ghost initiatives or shoddily executed without any tangible impact.

Despite receiving trillions of naira since the return of democracy in 1999 for such projects, many communities across Nigeria remain in dire poverty, lacking basic infrastructure such as water, schools, and health centres.

While ordinary Nigerians continue to struggle with the soaring cost of living, crippling inflation, and poor service delivery, lawmakers are enjoying fat allocations with zero transparency.

https://saharareporters.com/2025/05/15/senators-now-pocket-least-n2billion-reps-n1billion-constituency-projects-tinubu-removed

Okay

Senators and house of reps are not our problems. Only the FG, the presidency

Career politicians you mean?




Those ones can't survive outside politics, even to start small business

"The budget hike followed the removal of fuel subsidy under President Bola Tinubu’s istration.

This move has plunged millions of Nigerians into unprecedented hardship while simultaneously padding the pockets of political elites...... "

This has always been the problem. They don't care for the downtrodden citizens. Only their wicked selves

Bunch of time wasters and people of no values to the citizens just milking resources meant to uplift the lives and standards of the average nigerian.of what benefits or contributions have many of this people done for their people?apart from uplifting their own living standards and status?

What has been the scorecards of many of them in the NA apart from sleeping and shouting I or NAY?

When a senator can come on T.V and tell you that because the road of the place he represents is bad,

HE NEEDS TO BUY AN SUV FOR 160 MILLION.

Let's break down this thinking of the typical black man politician.


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So, let's say 100 of us live in an area, we then select 1 person out of the hundred to address problems for all 100 of us.

Instead, the 1 person we sent to represent us in solving problems tells us that because there is a problem such as bad road, that he alone must have one of the most expensive S.U.V's produced this year, because we can't expect him to suffer the same problem that we suffer.

Funny enough, you may see 30 or more of those 99 people remaining with no solutions to the problems, cheering. Researchers, philosophers... are still trying to figure out why these people cheer to their own detriment.

Nlfpmod!

Corruption in Chief sharing our money

We should focus our frustration on Senators and Governors. These guys are bigger thieves than FG.

They should stop bothering us with this figures

Only few of them are actually doing something in their constituency and even areas outside their constituency too.

And nothing on ground to show that they are all working, they are all just seating and looting more, building hotels up and down. Pity the poor Nigerians.

And yet a meagre 70k minimum wage is still a rocket science to our government.

Wit the hyperinflation, minimum wage shouldn't be less than 500k atleast. But some idiots will defend the government by telling us the government can pay such as if they are the general of the federation.

This Blood Suckers...
One thing for sure, they can not bribe their way to heaven.

Omg this the highest level of corruption, yet this so called globetrotters claimed there is no money in Nigeria. So this is where our subsidy removal of funds is been channel too

The man who called this country a zoo should be rewarded

Left to me, I prefer military rule in Nigeria to democracy... Those politicians are demonic

Hmmm

I feel pity for the ordinary citizens of Nigeria.

Common man on the street 100% hunger @zero trillion Naira

And we're here wondering why they are all running to APC.

Who wouldn't want to secure their seat?

That's why I don't have time for the next election. You will vote for someone and reject a particular party then they will run to the party you rejected.
Politicians are the greatest betrayal.

Chai. Na wa o

People wey go still die one day, so what's the stress for

Ok, noted.

Free money

Normal things.

Tinubu is just sharing our commonwealth to politicians.

This is a tragedy!

I told people that even the devil will succumb to Tinubu after seeing a high level of bribe from him. This is just Tinubu's game to lure people to his side against 2027

A classic case of 'Give them an offer that they can't refuse'. It will take this country years to recover from the sheer waste and corruption that has eaten deep into every fabric of her institutions.