BREAKING: Kano Senator Discloses His Earnings, Contradicts RMAFC
- Kano South lawmaker and NNPP chieftain, Senator Abdurrahman Kawu Sumaila, has said he goes home with a cumulative of N21 million monthly
- Sumaila's disclosure followed the outburst from former president Olusegun Obasanjo and other concerned Nigerians on the earnings of the federal lawmakers
- The senator's claim also came barely 24 hours after the RMAFC disclosed that the monthly take-home of Nigerian senators is N1,063,860
Kano - Senator Abdurrahman Kawu Sumaila of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), representing Kano South in the 10th National Assembly, has disclosed that he earns up to N21 million monthly in salary and allowances.
Sumaila's revelation came amid controversies surrounding the senators' earnings in light of the country's economic challenges.
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Obasanjo exposes senators on salaries, allowances
Kano's senator's claim also followed a recent outburst from former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who alleged that federal lawmakers had set excessively high salaries and allowances for themselves, in violation of existing laws.
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Leadership reported that the Kano senator made the clarification during an interview on BBC Hausa Service on Wednesday, August 14.
The NNPP lawmaker said the official pay package for politicians is determined by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), the legal body responsible for setting salaries and allowances for political office-holders, contrary to claims of excessive or undisclosed earnings.
Lawmakers salaries: What Kano senator said
Senator Sumaila disclosed that:
“My monthly salary is less than N1million. After deductions, the figure comes down to a little over N600,000.”
He went further to reveal that:
“Given the increase effected, in the Senate, each Senator gets N21million every month as running cost.”
Recall that on Tuesday, August 13, the RMAFC disclosed that each of the 109 senators in the country receives N1,063,860 monthly in salary and allowances.
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