The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi
Gbajabiamila, has called on the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal
Commission, RMAFC, to consider providing more information to Nigerians on the
difference between the salary and allowances of legislators.
Gbajabiamila made the plea on Thursday in Abuja when he
received a delegation from the RMAFC at the National Assembly led by its
chairman, Alhaji Mohammed Bello Shehu.
The Speaker of the Green Chamber observed that the
controversy over the pay of lawmakers and making it a public debate all the
time was caused by the lumping of the salaries and allowances of lawmakers
together.
According to Gbajabiamila, allowances are tied to sundry
duties or work of the office of a lawmaker like maintaining a constituency
office, while the salary is the actual pay he earns as a legislator.
“You need to explain to the public the difference between
salary and allowances. A lot of people lump them together and call them our
take-home package. Salary is different and allowances are meant for many other
issues.
“This explanation should be part of what you are working on
right now regarding the judiciary and political office holders”, he said.
He also advised RMAFC to build a central monitoring platform
to monitor revenue movements in all government revenue-generating agencies,
while demanding that it submit a detailed proposal on its needs to enable the
House to work on it speedily.
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