Members of the Ebonyi House of Assembly, yesterday, donated their April salaries to the state committee on anti- coronavirus as their contribution to the fight against the virus.
The Assembly is comprised of 24 -members. In a motion under matters of urgent public importance by member representing Onicha East and Deputy Speaker, Odefa Obasi and seconded by the member representing Ezza South constituency, Chris Usulor, the House unanimously voted in support of the forfeiture of the April salary to the anti-coronavirus committee.
The lawmakers commended the state government for the steps taken to stop the virus from entering the state. It also passed into law a bill for a Law to combat and stop the spread of coronavirus and other infectious diseases in Ebonyi State and other matters connected thereto (HAB 05, 2020).
Some citizens of the state have taken to the social media to commend the lawmakers for the donation, even as they urged them not to stop at that, but to ensure that they visit their constituencies to give relief materials to people.
Anaedoonline.com reported that Members of the National Assembly have come under pressure to donate their one month salary for the fight against the novel COVID-19 spreading across the country.
The federal lawmakers have been criticised for their silence on making personal donations after ministers donated 50 per cent of their March 2020 salaries to support government’s efforts in combating the deadly virus.
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Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed, who announced the ministers’ donations, said it was a gesture of solidarity and support for the federal government’s efforts at tackling the disease.
Before Mohammed’s announcement, many wealthy Nigerians had donated billions of Naira to strengthen the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
Recall that Rep. Mansur Manu Soro, Ganjuwa/Darazo federal constituency (Bauchi State), had asked his colleagues to sacrifice their March salaries and raise N360 million for the cause.
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