Commercial
banks have sent marketers, mostly females after newly-elected senators
and members of the House of Representatives in Abuja to open discussions
on investments and other business deals.
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The
energetic, sweet-talking and mostly female marketers, flooded the
International Conference Centre, venue of an ongoing induction course
for the new arrivals on Monday.
Investigations by The PUNCH showed that the target of the banks largely was to woo the lawmakers to open accounts with them.
Some of
the smartly dressed marketers also offered loan opportunities they
claimed their banks could guarantee with “friendly repayment terms.”
Over 290 members of the House for example, are newcomers, out of the total of 360.
In the Senate, about 69 senators are also newcomers, out of 109.
Findings
showed that the marketers started tracing the lawmakers since Sunday
night when Senate President, David Mark, declared the induction
programme open at the Transcorps Hotel, Abuja.
“They flooded the Congress Hall of the hotel Sunday night.
“They
didn’t give the lawmakers breathing space, as they offered all sorts of
facilities (loans) and seeking to maintain their accounts,” a senior
legislative aide confided in The PUNCH on Monday.
A member of the House earns around N27.9m every quarter as official allowance.
Presiding officers and other principal officers receive higher figures.
This excludes a monthly salary of N1m.
Senators collect over N30m as quarterly allowance and receive higher salaries than their House counterparts.
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