The Nigerian Senate has spoken on disclosure of lawmakers’ take home pay by Senator Shehu Sani.
Sani, who represents Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the
National Assembly, had revealed amount he and his colleagues receive
monthly.
He confirmed that each Senator gets N13.5 million as running cost.
The lawmaker noted that this was in addition to the over N750,000
monthly consolidated salary and allowances of each member of the Senate.
He, however, kicked against allowances, advocating that Senators should only be paid salaries.
Reacting on Sunday, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, Chairman, Senate Committee
on Media and Public Affairs, said there was nothing new about what Sani
declared.
The spokesman recalled that the cost of the offices of Senators were
contained in various line items and expenditure heads of the budget of
the National Assembly which has been made public.
He stated that like traveling, medicals, consultancy and others were captured.
“Almost all holders of elective and appointive offices have running
costs allocated to their offices and that cannot be said to be part of
their salaries”, he added.
Abdullahi further dismissed insinuations that Senators were unhappy with Sani for making the comment.