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Demonstration over parliamentarians' stipends

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    Hundreds of trade unionists demonstrated on Tuesday outside Nigeria's National Assembly against the size of allowances to be paid to parliamentarians, a media source told IRIN. More than 1,000 demonstrators - some media reported up to 3,000 - took part in the protest, organised by the main trade union umbrella, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The allowances, aimed at helping parliamentarians defray the cost of moving from their places of residence to Abuja, the capital, were approved last month by the government. Each of the 109 federal senators is to receive a moving allowance of 3.5 million naira (about US$ 33,600, while the 360 members of the House of Representatives are to get 2.5 million naira (US$ 24,000), about 800 times the monthly minimum wage of 3000 naira (about US$ 29), the source said.

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