Senator’s salary and allowances not more than N1,063,860.00 monthly – Revenue Commission says

The total monthly entitlement of each Senator as salary and allowances is N1,063,860.00 it said in a statement yesterday.

Senator Shehu Sani stirred up controversy three weeks ago when he revealed that each senator is paid N13.5 million monthly as “running cost” in addition to N750,000.00 monthly consolidated salary and allowances.

But RMAFC spokesperson, Ibrahim Mohammed, said the actual entitlement of a senator consisted of the basic salary of N168,866.70; motor vehicle fuelling and maintenance allowance, N126,650.00; personal assistant pay N42,216.66; domestic staff 126,650.00 and entertainment, N50,660.00.

Other benefits include: utilities, N50,660.00; newspapers/periodicals N25,330:00; wardrobe allowance, N42,216,66.00; house maintenance, N8,443.33.00 and constituency allowance, N422,166.66.

“The Law on Salaries and Allowances of Public Office Holders is very clear. As such, only the management of the National Assembly Service Commission can explain the N13.5 million running cost allegedly being enjoyed by each Senator. The Act only covers salary and allowances, not running cost” the statement says.

The statement added that auditing does not fall within the purview of the Commission and that any payments enjoyed by any political, or public office holders outside those provided in the remuneration Act of 2008 is not known to the Commission and the chief accounting officer of the agencies concerned should explain it.

The Commission, therefore, urged the general public to visit its website for details of the present remuneration package for political, public and judicial office holders in Nigeria to avoid misinformation and misrepresentation of facts.