Senator Ben Bruce as usual took to his Twitter handle to lament why Nigerian doctors are underpaid. The ‘common sense’ senators said while doctors in Canada are protesting that they are being paid too much, doctors in Nigeria are on strike for not being paid enough.

At a time Canadian doctors are protesting that they are being paid too much (your eyes don't deceive you), doctors in Nigeria are on strike for not being paid enough. We can't pay our doctors well, but we can budget ₦1.1 billion to clean a government office. Which way Nigeria?

— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) March 8, 2018

The senator probably aiming for a ‘thumbs up’ from Nigerians for the tweet got the exact opposite as many Nigerian twitter users blasted him for being a ‘hypocrite’ who should have done what the Canadian doctors did, by protesting the N13.5million as extra running cost amassed by he and his colleagues.

Sir,you and your colleagues in the senate and House of assembly can also protest that your allowances are too much…what do you think?

— Izuchukwu (@Izzo_Hova) March 8, 2018

When you and your colleagues take N13.5 million every month without protesting, what gives you the audacity to even hold this position?

— TheNigerian