THE lawmaker representing Bayelsa East
Senatorial District, Senator Ben Murray Bruce, has
said that in the spirit of the month of Ramadan
observed by Muslim faithfuls, he will not respond
to critics over his decision to donate half of his
wardrobe allowance to the unpaid workers in
Osun state
.
“I’ll take whatever attacks come my way but
nothing & nobody can dissuade me from doing
what my conscience directs in helping my fellow
man.
The month of Ramadan is here. Many unpaid
workers will fast. With what will they break their
fast? I thought of that and it moved me to act.
I may not be a Muslim, but I respect Islam and I
believe that it is wrong for me to respond to any
attack during the Holy month of Ramadan.
I wish the Muslim Ummah a successful fast.
Please pray for God’s intervention in Nigeria so
that peace may return. Ramadan Kareem, ” he
posted on twitter.
It will be recalled that the Rauf Aregbesola
government which has been unable to pay public
workers in the state for more than seven months
ridiculed the gesture of the lawmaker, describing
it as a mockery of Nigerian workers.
On Wednesday, The Senator said “I, Ben Murray
Bruce, will not sit down idly, while my fellow
citizens die because salaries have not been paid.
As a first step, I am immediately donating my
wardrobe allowance to unpaid workers in Osun
State and widows in my Constituency. We are
starting in Osun, but we will not end there. I will
do as much to help workers who’ve not been
paid in other states.”
But in a swift reaction, the Osun State
government lampooned the lawmaker , saying he
was playing to the gallery just as he said he
(Murray-Bruce) was trivialising the issue.
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