The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has disclosed Nigerian senators’ salaries and allowances, following former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s allegations that the lawmakers allocate salaries to themselves......See Full Story>>.....See Full Story>>
Muhammed Bello Shehu, the chairman of RMAFC, disclosed N1,063,860 on Tuesday, August 13, as the senators’ earnings days after Obasanjo commented that many federal lawmakers should be behind bars.
When did Obasanjo call out senators?
According to The Punch, Obasanjo accused the lawmakers of fixing their salaries by themselves last weekend, adding that the action was immoral.
But RMAFC, in a statement, gave the breakdown of the earnings of lawmakers below:
1. Basic salary: N168,866.70
2. Allowances for:
Motor vehicle maintenance: N126,650
Personal assistant: N42,216.66
Domestic staff: N126,650
Entertainment: N50,660
Utilities: N50,660
Newspapers/periodicals: N25,330
Wardrobe: N42,216.66
House maintenance: N8,443.33
Constituency: N422,166.66
The RMAFC noted that these allowances, besides the basic salary, add up to a substantial amount, making up the cumulative take-home pay.
Obasanjo, Shehu Sani’s comment on senators’ earning
Aside from Obasanjo, Senator Shehu Sani once revealed that each Senator receives a monthly “running cost” of N13.5 million in addition to their monthly salary of N750,000. However, the commission chairman responsible for setting salaries and allowances clarified that some allowances are regular while others are non-regular.
Bello Shehu explained that regular allowances are paid monthly with basic salary, while non-regular allowances are paid as needed. Examples of non-regular allowances include furniture allowance (N6,079,200) and severance gratuity (N6,079,200), which are paid once per tenure, and vehicle allowance (N8,105,600), which is an optional loan that must be repaid before leaving office.
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The Delta senator also denied the claim of purchasing a car for a content creator, adding that such is baseless and misleading.
Regina Daniels’ husband then threatened to take legal action against those spreading such rumours in the media.