Kawu Sumaila, senator representing Kano south, says he receives N21 million as “running cost” monthly.
The senator’s comments come days after former President
Olusegun Obasanjo accused federal lawmakers of fixing their salaries and
allowances, a claim the senate has denied.
Speaking with BBC Hausa, Sumaila, a former aide to
ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, said the salary of a senator is about N1
million.
The senator said after taxes, the total take home amounts to
about N600,000.
“The amount of salary
received per month is less than N1 million. If there are cuts, it comes back to
about N600,000,” he said.
“In the senate, each senator is given N21 million every
month as the cost of running his office.”
According to the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal
Commission (RMAFC) the monthly salary and allowances of a senator amounts to
N1,063,860.
A breakdown shows that a senator’s basic salary is N168,866,
motor vehicle fuelling and maintenance allowance of N126,650.00; personal
assistant pay of N42,216.66; domestic staff is 126,650.00 and entertainment is
N50,660.00.
Other benefits include utilities for N50,660.00;
newspapers/periodicals N25,330.00; wardrobe allowance at N42,216,66.00; house
maintenance for N8,443.33.00 and constituency allowance N422,166.66.
The commission pegged the monthly salary and allowances of a
house of representatives member at N794,086.
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Please if the salary is 794k, then what is the 21million for? Running of office like what and what? Breakdown please. Thanks
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