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Everest Amaefule
At a time Nigerians are groaning under
the yoke of recession, members of the National Assembly comprising the
Senators and members of House of Representatives have received a total
of N6.78bn as salaries and allowances in one year, investigation by
Economic Confidential has revealed.
The report by Economic intelligence
magazine showed the ‘legitimate’ remuneration of the federal legislators
in compliance with the statutory approval of the Revenue Mobilisation,
Allocation and Fiscal Commission. The remuneration package includes:
annual salaries, accommodation, vehicle maintenance and fuel, personal
assistants, house maintenance, domestic staff, entertainment and
utilities allowances. others allowances are; constituency allowance,
annual leave, hardship allowance, wardrobe, newspapers and
responsibility allowances.
A careful scrutiny of the report shows
that each Senator has an annual salary of N2.02m while a member of House
of Representative receives N1.98m as annual basic salary. The basic
salary of the Senate President is N2.48m while that of the Speaker of
House of Representatives is N2.47m. The Deputy Senate President has
N2.30m as annual basic salary while the Deputy Speaker earns N2.28mn
annually.
In addition to the annual basic salary,
each member of the National Assembly receives 200 per cent of the annual
salary for accommodation; 75 per cent for vehicle maintenance; 25 per
cent for personal assistants; five per cent for house maintenance; 75
per cent for domestic staff; 30 per cent for both entertainment and
utilities.
Others are, 25 per cent for wardrobe; 15 per cent for newspapers; and responsibility allowance of between 10 and five per cent.
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