Just how much do our legislators
actually earn? It has been a question
that has occupied the imagination of a
lot of Nigerians, because the figures
have never been publicly known. In
spite of the public outcry, repeated calls
by leading civil society organisations,
the use of the Freedom of Information
Act, and even a court ruling, the dirt on
our lawmakers was never made public.
Not anymore it seems. Following a
report in the Economist, a UK based
magazine, which said that Nigeria’s
legislators were the highest paid in the
world, the Revenue Mobilization,
Allocation and Fiscal Commission
(RMAFC) finally released details of the
legitimate salaries and allowances the
National Assembly.

[READ: Giants of the world: Our
lawmakers earn 116 times more than
the average Nigerian ]
In a public notice signed by Usman
Garndawa, acting Secretary of the
RMAFC, the report was published “to
avoid misinformation and
misrepresentation of facts.”

The Acting Secretary in an apparent
attempt at explaining the numbers, said
that “regular allowances are paid
regularly with basic salaries while non-
regular allowances are paid as at when
due. For instance, furniture allowance
and severance gratuity are paid once in
every tenure and vehicle allowance
which is optional is a loan which the
beneficiary has to pay before the end of
tenure. It is therefore wrong and
misleading to add up allowances
irrespective of whether they are regular,
refundable or non-regular as the regular
annual emoluments of political public
office holders.”

The RMAFC also said that it was not
responsible for the payment of any
other allowance.

“The commission also wishes to use this
opportunity to state that any other
allowance(s) enjoyed by any political,
public office holders outside those
provided in the Remuneration Act of
2008 is not known to the commission
and the chief accounting officer should
be held accountable.”
Here are the official RMAFC figures. You
be the judge
Accommodation
Senators – N4 million
Reps – N3.97 million
Vehicle Loan (Once in 4 years)
Senators – N8 million
Reps – N7.94 million
Furniture Allowance (Once in 4
years)
Senators – N6 million
Reps – N5,956 million
Severance Gratuity (Once in 4 years)
Senators – N6.09 million
Reps – N5.956 million
Vehicle fuelling and maintenance
Senators – N1.52 million
Reps – N1.489 million
Constituency Allowance
Senators – N5 million
Reps – N4.985 million
Domestic Staff
Senators – N1.519 million
Reps -N1.488 million
Personal Assistant
Senators – N506,600
Reps – N496,303
Entertainment
Senators – N607,920
Reps – N595,563
Recess
Senators – N202,640
Reps – N198,521
Utilities
Senators – N607,920
Reps – N397,042
Newspapers/Periodicals
Senators – N303,960
Reps – N297,781
House Maintenance
Senators – N101,321
Reps – N99,260"
Wardrobe
Senators – N506,600
Reps – N496,303

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Is that monthly pay or quarterly or annually

na waoo for this our expensive democracy