The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission,
RMAFC, said that it plans an upward salaries review for President Bola Ahmed
Tinubu, Vice President Kasim Shettima, governors, judiciary officers and other
political office holders.
According to NAN, the Chairman of RMAFC, Alhaji Muhammadu
Shehu, disclosed this at the presentation of reports of the reviewed
remuneration package to Kebbi State Governor, Dr Nasir Idris, on Tuesday in
Birnin Kebbi.
However, Shehu did not state the per cent salary increment;
he urged the 36 State Houses of Assembly to hasten efforts to amend relevant
laws to allow the review of remuneration packages for political, judicial and
public officers upward.
Shehu’s statement comes amid speculations that Tinubu,
Shettima, governors, judges and other political persons’ salaries had been
increased by 114 per cent.
The RMAFC chairman, represented by the Federal Commissioner,
Mrs Rakiya Tanko-Ayuba, said the proposed salary review is in line with the
provisions of Paragraph 32(d) of Part 1 of the Third Schedule of the 1999
Constitution of the Federal Government (as amended).
He said: “It empowers the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation
and Fiscal Commission to determine the remuneration appropriate for political
office holders, including the President, Vice President, Governors, Deputy
Governors, Ministers, Commissioners, Special Advisers, Legislators and the
holders of the offices mentioned in Sections 84 and 124 of the Constitution of
the federal government.”
Shehu said the last review of the remuneration was carried
out in 2007, which culminated in the “Certain Political, Public and Judicial
Office Holders (Salaries and Allowances, etc.) (Amendment) Act, 2008.
“Sixteen years after the last review, it is imperative that
the Remuneration Packages for the categories of the office holders mentioned in
relevant Sections of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) should be reviewed,” he
added.
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ReplyDeleteWhat we need as state govt workers is not salary increase but ensuring refineries are back to work so that we can get fuel at 200/litre. Salary increase was never and can never be a solution especially to state govt and LG workers because if all Nigerians budget are given to govs they will never review the salary to reflect reality on the ground. Imagine a state director earning less than 100k as salary?
ReplyDeleteBesides it is a tradition that anytime govt increase fed govt workers salary what comes next is inflation and we all go to the same market. This is not fair. Tinubu male sure you did not increase fed govt workers salary bcs wealso voted for you. And do not give any palliative in any form bcs the ordinary Nigerians will not benefit from it. Ordinary Nigerians are the LG and state govt workers while those who are not working do not even have a class in the Nigerian economy. Where are the economists co.e out and talk aloud to the hearing of the leaders please. We are dying
ReplyDeleteYou dey die after voting for Tinubu and APC after seeing how they ruin this country? Una suffering still dey do press up
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