Mohammed Shehu, chairman, Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation
and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), says some political appointees earn more salary
than President Muhammadu Buhari.
Shehu disclosed this during an interview on Channels
Television on Thursday.
The RMAFC boss, who spoke on the commission’s plan to review
judicial and political holders’ salaries, said some officials of the Nigerian
Communications Commission (NCC) and Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety
Agency (NIMASA) collect salaries higher than the president.
He said the country needs to review allocations as some
agencies remit less revenue.
“The severance
package of the president is just N10.5 million. This is after the president
leaves office. You can imagine after spending four or eight years, that would
be the only take-home. The salary of Mr President is not up to N1.3 million a
month,” he said.
“There are people in the private sector and others in other
public sectors that earn twice, three times or four times. No public servant
should earn a salary bigger than Mr President. But we do have public servants
that earn salaries bigger than Mr President, such as in the Nigerian
Communications Commission (NCC), Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety
Agency (NIMASA), etc.
“My argument has always been that no public servant should
earn allowances, severances, or salaries larger than the president of the
federal republic of Nigeria, and I stand by it.”
Speaking further on how salaries would be reviewed,
especially on current realities, Shehu said salary review would go through
processes.
He, however, added that salaries may be reviewed upward
after going through due processes.
“When you do a review, the takeoff point is not immediate.
And this is a process that has to go to the president and then to the national
assembly, and then it becomes a law,” he added.
“I can not tell you whether we can afford it or not, but
what I can tell you is there are unremitted revenues out there, probably
estimated from N6 trillion to N7 trillion that should be remitted to the
federation account.
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