Wellington (Banky W) of the Modern Democratic Party (MDP) at a debate
for candidates contesting for the Eti-Osa constituency seat in the House
of Representatives
Olubankole Wellington, the candidate of the Modern Democratic
Party (MDP), contesting for the Eti-Osa House of Representatives seat,
has vowed to publish his earnings as a legislator if elected.
Wellington, popularly called Banky W, made the
announcement while speaking during a debate against four other
candidates in Lagos on Monday, February 4, 2019.
The legislative candidate said accountability
is one of the biggest problems in governance and hopes to lead from the
front to change the situation.
Olubankole Wellington (Banky W) of the Modern Democratic Party
(MDP) at a debate for candidates contesting for the Eti-Osa constituency
seat in the House of Representatives
He vowed to publish his salary and allowances
as a legislator and be transparent in the spending of constituency
allocations by consulting regularly with the people.
He said, “Most of us don’t know
who our representatives are, talk less of their salary and allowances
and constituency allocations that they receive every year most of the
time to enrich themselves.
“How I plan to address it myself directly
is first of all, I’ll publish what I earn as a legislator – my salary,
my allowance, the allocation given to Eti-Osa, I will publish it.
“We will have town halls and an active
constituency office to engage the community to say this is the
allocation that we’ve received, this is what we intend to spend it on.”
The candidate slammed legislators who are only
in the National Assembly to enrich themselves and vowed to be more
accountable to lead a new era of accountability in governance in the
country.
L-R: Ferdinand Adimefe of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN),
Babajide Obanikoro of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Tessy Owolabi
of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Omotesho Bakare of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) and Olubankole Wellington of the Modern
Democratic Party (MDP) at a debate for candidates contesting for the
Eti-Osa constituency seat in the House of Representatives
Other candidates at Monday’s debate are Babajide Obanikoro of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Omotesho Bakare of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tessy Owolabi of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Ferdinand Adimefe of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN).
