The actual salary and allowances of federal lawmakers has continued to generate controversy.
This followed claim by Senator Abdurrahman Kawu Sumaila (NNPP – Kano South) he earns N21million in allowances every month apart from monthly salary of about N1million.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo recently accused members of the National Assembly of fixing bogus salaries and allowances for themselves in contravention of extant laws.
Senator Shehu Sani who represented Kaduna Central during the 8th Assembly, once publicly disclosed that each Senator collects monthly running cost of N13.5million in addition to the monthly N750,000 prescribed by the RMAFC.
The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) – a body responsible for fixing salaries and allowances of public servants on Tuesday, revealed that each member of the Senate collects a total monthly salary and allowances of N1,063,860.00
The Commission gave the breakdown of the cumulative take-home pay for lawmakers to include: basic salary of N168,866:70; motor vehicle fuelling and maintenance allowance of N126,650; N42,216:66 for personal assistant; domestic staff – N126,650:00; entertainment – N50,660:00; utilities – N50,660; newspapers/periodicals – N25,330:00; Wardrobe allowance – N42,216,66:00; house maintenance – N8,443.33 and constituency allowance – N422,166:66; respectively.
However, speaking to the BBC Hausa Service on Wednesday morning, Sumaila said the monthly salary was fixed by the RMAFC.
“My monthly salary is less than N1million. After deductions, the figure comes down to a little over N600,000,” Senator Sumaila said, adding that: “Given the increase effected, in the Senate, each Senator gets N21million every month as running cost.”
Chairman of RMAFC, Muhammed Bello Shehu, on Tuesday disclosed the actual salaries and allowances payable to members of the National Assembly.
