One Year Anniversary: 1992-1993 members of House Representative and Senate appeal to President Tinubu to pay their benefits
By Richard Akintade, Osogbo
As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu celebrates one year in office, former member of the House of Representative from Ife Central Federal Constituency in the year 1992-1993, Hon John Fasogbon has appealed to Mr President to urgently consider the benefit of the affected members of both red and green Chambers during this period.
According to Hon Fasogbon in a statement issued and made available to our Correspondent on Wednesday, members of the House of Representative as well as the Senate then fought for democracy which some politicians were enjoying today.
Hon Fasogbon who strongly appeal to President Tinubu on the payment of their entitlement as a members of the green chamber then recalls that Mr President himself was at that period a member of the Senate.
The Ile-Ife born politician lamented that, some of the affected politicians have in abject poverty, and unrest due to non attending to by the government by paying their entitlement as there has not been anything like remuneration or severance allowance to them since then.
“I want to lay emphasis that, President Tinubu needs to review the cases of some of us who were also the victims of democracy which is actually is the real symbol.
“MKO and many others have died, while some of us are still alive in abject poverty most especially the likes of the then legislators who were duly elected but sacked without any benefit whatsoever.
“The acceptance of Democracy Day is in recognition of the supreme price that Chief MKO Abiola paid and it has elevated him to the status of an international figure like Martin Luther King, who fought for justice and liberation in the United States of America, USA”.
Hon Fasogbon however congratulated President Tinubu on the celebration of his one year in office saying he has done well in office.