RMAFC reveals monthly salary of senators, gives breakdown
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, has revealed the monthly earnings of Nigerian Senators.
According to RMAFC, each of the 109 lawmakers of the red chamber earns N1,063,860 salary and allowances per month.
Giving a further breakdown, the commission said each senator receives basic salary of N168,866:70; motor vehicle fuelling and maintenance allowance, N126,650:00; personal assistant, N42,216:66; domestic staff, N126,650:00; entertainment, N50,660:00; utilities, N50,660:00; Newspapers/periodicals, N25,330:00; wardrobe, N42,216,66:00; house maintenance, N8,443.33:00 and constituency allowance, N422,166:66; respectively.
RMAFC chairman, M. B. Shehu gave this breakdown in a statement on Tuesday.
The RMAFC Chairman added some allowances are regular, while others are non-regular.
“Regular allowances are paid regularly with basic salary, while non-regular allowances are paid as when due.
“For instance, Furniture allowance (N6,079,200:00) and Severance Gratuity (N6,079,200:00) are paid once in every tenure and Vehicle allowance (N8,105,600:00) which is optional is a loan which the beneficiary has to pay before leaving office,” he added.
He further disclosed that aside from the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, his vice, the senate president, and speaker of the House of Representatives, all public and legislative officers are no longer provided with housing, as was the case in the past.
