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		<title>StephanyChoi1 at 15:57, 17 November 2017</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Economic growth &lt;/del&gt;in &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;sub-Saharan Africa is expected &lt;/del&gt;to &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;be 2&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;4 percent in 2017&lt;/del&gt;, the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;World Bank said on Wednesday&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;down from &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;2&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;6 percent projected &lt;/del&gt;in &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;April&lt;/del&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;It said &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;downgrade was due &lt;/del&gt;to &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;a number &lt;/del&gt;of &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;reasons, including Nigeria’s failing to meet expectations but also broader conditions&lt;/del&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Regional per capita output growth &lt;/del&gt;is &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;forecast &lt;/del&gt;to &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;be negative for &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;second consecutive year&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;while investment growth remains low&lt;/del&gt;, and &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;productivity growth is falling&lt;/del&gt;,&amp;quot; &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;it said&lt;/del&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Growth across &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;region&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;however&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;was seen rising 3&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;2 percent in 2018 &lt;/del&gt;and &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;3.5 percent in 2019, forecasts unchanged from earlier this year&lt;/del&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;its latest Africa Pulse report&lt;/del&gt;, the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Bank said &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;region would be helped by better commodity prices. Sub-Saharan African economies have been hit by lower commodity prices &lt;/del&gt;which &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;slowed growth &lt;/del&gt;in the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;last few years, cutting government revenues&lt;/del&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Albert Zeufack, World Bank chief economist for Africa, said the region’s growth recovery would partly &lt;/del&gt;be &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;driven &lt;/del&gt;by the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;continent’s two largest economies — Nigeria &lt;/del&gt;and &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;South Africa — exiting recession&lt;/del&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;He said &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;two countries need &amp;quot;deeper reforms&amp;quot; &lt;/del&gt;to &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;get back &lt;/del&gt;to &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;pre-2014 levels of growth &lt;/del&gt;and &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;their political uncertainty needs &lt;/del&gt;to &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;be reined in. He said they make up about half of Sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP growth&lt;/del&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;The World Bank said Nigeria’s economy, &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;largest in &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;continent&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;was expected &lt;/del&gt;to &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;expand by 1 percent &lt;/del&gt;in &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;2017&lt;/del&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;South Africa’s economy&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;hit &lt;/del&gt;by &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;political worries, was expected &lt;/del&gt;to &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;grow just 0&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;6 percent this year (arabnews)&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;ONITSHA - Former President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday stated that the only way for Igbo to have voice &lt;/ins&gt;in &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Nigeria and to finish marginalization was for Ndigbo &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;return the Peoples Democratic Celebration, PDP, starting with Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra state&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Jonathan who led governors of Rivers, Delta, Abia, Ebonyi, Ondo, Taraba&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Gombe and Deputy governor of Akwa Ibom states as effectively as former governor of Ogun state Otumba Gbenga Daniel to &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;grand finale of campaign rally of PDP at All Saint field Onitsha&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;maintained that PDP was a party to beat in forthcoming election in the state and urged Anambra individuals to vote for &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;party’s candidate, Mr&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Oseleka Obaze and stand firm to defend democracy &lt;/ins&gt;in &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the state&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;The former President contended that Anambra has been a PDP state from the onset, but along &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;line deviated &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, adding that the individuals of Anambra state really should not make the mistake &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;voting yet another party that would mortgage their future&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;PDP &lt;/ins&gt;is &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the true party that can lead Anambra &lt;/ins&gt;to the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;promised land, founding father of PDP is from Anambra which is Dr. Alex Ekwueme and PDP has extra population in the nation. PDP will bring improvement to Anambra state. We will encourage enterprise&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Obaze will encourage enterprise in Anambra. You need to not make mistake on Saturday&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;vote for Obaze. You have to have somebody that can have a voice &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;represent you effectively when they go to Abuja&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;you need to have initially eleven when you go to Abuja to defend the interest of Anambra state&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;We need to have somebody that will defend &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;interest of Anambra individuals&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;somebody to safeguard the interest of Igbo. We don’t want any scenario Igbo will complain of marginalization&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;it will depend on individuals you send there and then governors and individuals we send there&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;We require somebody that will encourage the enterprise and small business who has the connection oversea to attract foreign partners to the state &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;that individual is Obaze&amp;quot; Jonathan stated&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;his remark&lt;/ins&gt;, the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;former Governor of &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;state Peter Obi stated that Obiano was a error and terrible marketplace &lt;/ins&gt;which &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Anambra state individuals ought to right &lt;/ins&gt;in the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;forthcoming election&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Obiano is a error and terrible market place we produced which have to &lt;/ins&gt;be &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;corrected &lt;/ins&gt;by &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;voting Obaze in Saturday election. He must tell us what happened to N75 billion left in &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;state account &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;N192 million allocation. Obiano said there is no need to have of saving money, he sold Anambra state house in Lagos state, let’s vote him out&amp;quot; Obi stated&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;The Governors of Rivers Yesom Wike and his Ondo state counterpart, Ayodelr Fayose in their remarks urged the individuals of &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;state &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;vote PDP candidate in order &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;finish hardship &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;negative change brought &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the country by APC led administration&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;They stated that APC has no other agenda than rigging &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;election and urged &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;voters to vote and defend their votes. &amp;quot;You must defend your vote&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;don’t allow them to intimidate you, PDP is the answer and has a much better candidate that ought to be supported &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;finish impunity and hunger &lt;/ins&gt;in &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the land&amp;quot;&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;In his remarks&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the PDP candidate Mr. Obaze said he was humbled &lt;/ins&gt;by &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the overwhelming assistance of the celebration and individuals of the state and called on them to come out en mass &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;vote for him on Saturday&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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But the Senate has so far refused &lt;/del&gt;to &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;clarify this or disclose the details of salaries and allowances of its members&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In a statement today by SERAP deputy director Timothy Adewale &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;organization &lt;/del&gt;said &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;that, &amp;quot;The ‘sky will not fall’ if details of a Nigerian Senator’s salaries and allowances are published &lt;/del&gt;on &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;a dedicated website. SERAP believes that releasing the information on salaries and allowances of members of the Senate would encourage a nuanced&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;evidence-based public debate on what would or should be a fair salary for a member of &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Senate&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;The organization &lt;/del&gt;said &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;that, &amp;quot;It is by making transparency &lt;/del&gt;a &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;guiding principle &lt;/del&gt;of &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the National Assembly that the Senate can regain the support of their constituents and public trust&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;and contribute &lt;/del&gt;to &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;ending the country's damaging reputation for corruption&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;The statement read in part: &lt;/del&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Transparency &lt;/del&gt;is &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;a fundamental attribute of democracy&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;a norm of human rights&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;a tool to promote political &lt;/del&gt;and &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;economic prosperity and to curb corruption. For the Senate&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;practicing transparency should start with the leadership being open to Nigerians on the salaries and allowances of members&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;SERAP strongly believes that it is by knowing exactly how much their lawmakers earn as salaries and allowances that members of &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;National Assembly can remain accountable to Nigerians &lt;/del&gt;and &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;our citizens can be assured that neither fraud nor government waste is concealed&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;If &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Senate under your leadership is committed to serving &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;public interest, it should reaffirm its commitment to openness &lt;/del&gt;by &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;urgently publishing details of salaries and allowances of members&lt;/del&gt;. &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;But when &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Senate leadership routinely denies access to information on matters as basic as salaries and allowances of our lawmakers because some exceptions or other privileges override a constitutional and statutory disclosure requirement&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;open &lt;/del&gt;government &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;would seem more like a distant, deferred ideal than an existing practice&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;The continuing refusal &lt;/del&gt;by the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Senate to reveal concrete information about the salaries and allowances of their leadership &lt;/del&gt;and &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;members could ultimately endanger the healthy development of a rule-of-law state&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;SERAP is concerned that the Senate seems &lt;/del&gt;to &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;consider releasing concrete information about salaries &lt;/del&gt;and &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;allowances of members &lt;/del&gt;to be &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;at best a burden and, at worst, a threat to their legislative functions&lt;/del&gt;. &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Releasing information on your salaries and allowances would not interfere with your law-making functions. In fact, doing so would improve public confidence in the ability and legitimacy of the Senate to perform those functions and &lt;/del&gt;make &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;laws for the peace, order and good governance &lt;/del&gt;of &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the Federation&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;By permitting access to information on your members’ salaries and allowances long shielded unnecessarily from public view&lt;/del&gt;, the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Senate would be moving towards securing the confidence of Nigerians &lt;/del&gt;in the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;legislature. The Senate would also be establishing a more solid political base from which &lt;/del&gt;to &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;perform its legislative duties and to fulfill its role &lt;/del&gt;in &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the balance of power within the Nigerian constitutional order&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Transparency is necessary for accountability&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;and helps to promote impartiality &lt;/del&gt;by &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;suppressing self-interested official behavior. It also enables the free flow of information among public agencies and private individuals&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;allowing input, review, and criticism of government action, and thereby increases the quality of governance.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The details of the salaries and allowances as provided by Professor Sagay are as follows: basic salary N2,484,245.50; hardship allowance, 1,242, 122.70; constituency allowance N4,968, 509.00; furniture allowance N7,452,736.50; newspaper allowance N1,242,122.70. Others are: Wardrobe allowance N621,061.37; recess allowance N248,424.55; accommodation 4,968,509.00; utilities N828,081.83; domestic staff N1,863,184.12; entertainment N828,081.83; personal assistant N621,061.37; vehicle maintenance allowance N1,863,184.12; leave allowance N248,424.55; severance gratuity N7, 425,736.50; and motor vehicle allowance N9,936,982.00&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Economic growth &lt;/ins&gt;in &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;sub-Saharan Africa is expected &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;be 2&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;4 percent in 2017, &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;World Bank &lt;/ins&gt;said on &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Wednesday&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;down from &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;2.6 percent projected in April&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;It &lt;/ins&gt;said &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the downgrade was due to &lt;/ins&gt;a &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;number &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;reasons&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;including Nigeria’s failing &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;meet expectations but also broader conditions&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Regional per capita output growth &lt;/ins&gt;is &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;forecast to be negative for the second consecutive year&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;while investment growth remains low&lt;/ins&gt;, and &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;productivity growth is falling&lt;/ins&gt;,&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot; it said&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Growth across &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;region, however, was seen rising 3.2 percent in 2018 &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;3.5 percent in 2019, forecasts unchanged from earlier this year&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;In its latest Africa Pulse report, &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Bank said &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;region would be helped &lt;/ins&gt;by &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;better commodity prices&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Sub-Saharan African economies have been hit by lower commodity prices which slowed growth in &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;last few years&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;cutting &lt;/ins&gt;government &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;revenues&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Albert Zeufack, World Bank chief economist for Africa, said the region’s growth recovery would partly be driven &lt;/ins&gt;by the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;continent’s two largest economies — Nigeria &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;South Africa — exiting recession&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;He said the two countries need &amp;quot;deeper reforms&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;quot; to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;get back to pre-2014 levels of growth &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;their political uncertainty needs &lt;/ins&gt;to be &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;reined in&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;He said they &lt;/ins&gt;make &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;up about half &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP growth&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;The World Bank said Nigeria’s economy&lt;/ins&gt;, the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;largest &lt;/ins&gt;in the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;continent, was expected &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;expand by 1 percent &lt;/ins&gt;in &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;2017&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;South Africa’s economy&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;hit &lt;/ins&gt;by &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;political worries&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;was expected to grow just 0&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;6 percent this year (arabnews)&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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But the Senate has so far refused to clarify this or disclose the details of salaries and allowances of its members.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In a statement today by SERAP deputy director Timothy Adewale the organization said that, &amp;quot;The ‘sky will not fall’ if details of a Nigerian Senator’s salaries and allowances are published on a dedicated website&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;SERAP believes that releasing the information on salaries and allowances of members of the Senate would encourage a nuanced, evidence-based public debate on what would or should be a fair salary for a member of the Senate&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The organization said that, &amp;quot;It &lt;/ins&gt;is &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;by making transparency a guiding principle of the National Assembly that the Senate can regain the support of their constituents and public trust, and contribute &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;ending &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;country's damaging reputation for corruption&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The statement read in part&lt;/ins&gt;: &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Transparency is a fundamental attribute of democracy, a norm of human rights, a tool to promote political and economic prosperity and to curb corruption. For the Senate, practicing transparency should start with the leadership being open to Nigerians on the salaries and allowances of members&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;SERAP strongly believes that it is by knowing exactly how much their lawmakers earn as salaries and allowances that members of the National Assembly can remain accountable to Nigerians and &lt;/ins&gt;our &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;citizens can be assured that neither fraud nor government waste is concealed&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;If the Senate under your leadership is committed to serving the public interest, it should reaffirm its commitment to openness by urgently publishing details of salaries and allowances of members&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;But when the Senate leadership routinely denies access to information on matters as basic as salaries and allowances of our lawmakers because some exceptions or other privileges override a constitutional and statutory disclosure requirement, open government would seem more like a distant, deferred ideal than an existing practice&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;The continuing refusal by the Senate to reveal concrete information about the salaries and allowances of their leadership and members could ultimately endanger the healthy development of a rule&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;of-law state&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;SERAP is concerned that the Senate seems to consider releasing concrete information about salaries and allowances of members to be at best &lt;/ins&gt;a &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;burden and, at worst, &lt;/ins&gt;a &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;threat &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;their legislative functions&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Releasing information on your salaries and allowances would not interfere with your law-making functions&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;In fact, doing so would improve public confidence in the ability and legitimacy &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the Senate to perform those functions and make laws for the peace&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;order and good governance of the Federation&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;By permitting access to information on your members’ salaries and allowances long shielded unnecessarily from public view&lt;/ins&gt;, the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Senate would be moving towards securing &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;confidence of Nigerians &lt;/ins&gt;in &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the legislature&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;The Senate would also be establishing a more solid political base from which to perform its legislative duties and to fulfill its role in the balance of power within the Nigerian constitutional order&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Transparency is necessary for accountability, and helps to promote impartiality by suppressing self&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;interested official behavior&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;It also enables the free flow of information among public agencies &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;private individuals, allowing input&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;review, and criticism of government action&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;and thereby increases the quality of governance&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;The details of the salaries and allowances as provided by Professor Sagay are as follows&lt;/ins&gt;: &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;basic salary N2,484,245.50; hardship allowance, 1,242, 122.70; constituency allowance N4,968, 509.00; furniture allowance N7,452,736&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;50; newspaper allowance N1,242,122&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;70&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Others are&lt;/ins&gt;: &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Wardrobe allowance N621,061.37; recess allowance N248,424.55; accommodation 4,968,509.00; utilities N828,081.83; domestic staff N1,863,184.12; entertainment N828,081.83; personal assistant N621,061.37; vehicle maintenance allowance N1,863,184.12; leave allowance N248,424.55; severance gratuity N7, 425,736.50; and motor vehicle allowance N9,936,982&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;00&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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