The governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has called for a cut in salaries and allowances of political office holders.
Okorocha said this yesterday when he hosted the chairman of Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission (RMFC), Elias Mbam and other members of the commission to a breakfast meeting at the Government House, Owerri at the end of their annual retreat in the state.
The governor said: “I am advocating that the commission, as a matter of urgency, reviews downward, salaries and allowances of the president, governors, National Assembly members, and all other political office holders both elected and appointed, at least by 50 per cent to make the offices less attractive and check the excesses that go with the fat payments for such offices.”