President of the Senate, Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki has cleared air on the N8.64billion bogus wardrobe allowance to lawmakers as reported in the media, saying the Commission is charged with fixing of remunerations to public office holders and advise the media to be more accurate in their reporting.

Senator Saraki said this when he received the Chairman of Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, Engr. Elias Mbam and his team in Abuja that non compliance by agencies of government has brought major setback in the processes of governance.

Earlier, the RMAFC Boss, Mbam said the agency have always enjoyed cordial relationship with the National Assembly while calling for continued working partnership with the view to enhance their effectiveness.

Mbam condemned the recent media report that exaggerated the wardrobe allowances of Senators and members of the House of Representatives saying, that wardrobe allowance is 25 percent of the basic salary which when broken down amounts to N506, 600 per legislator, per annum.
He advised that the agency operates a functional website where information concerning the day-to-day activities of the agency is published.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/nass-wardrobe-allowance-is-5m-not-n8-64bn-rmafc-boss-mbam/

Thank G0d 0h....m0re c0nsiderable

boboLIL:
Thank G0d 0h buh even 5m is much.....

its not 5m its N506,600...

that wardrobe allowance is 25 percent of the basic salary which when broken down amounts to N506, 600 per legislator, per annum.

Fairer but ideally that allowance should be scrapped.
If a senator is not able to clothe his/herself,that person should stay at home,afterall more than half of them don't contribute anything in the chambers.

doctokwus:
Fairer but ideally that allowance should be scrapped.
If a senator is not able to clothe his/herself,that person should stay at home,afterall more than half of them don't contribute anything in the chambers.

yeah, its noted bro...on my way to the NASS buildin lol

I don't think people were criticizing the individual amount. The collective amount just sounds outrageous considering the state of the country.

And FYI, these peeps weren't Unclad when campaigning, so will it kill them to be selfless and generous and use the said money for projects benefiting the common man. No matter how small.

afoclepe2015:


its not 5m its N506,600...

that wardrobe allowance is 25 percent of the basic salary which when broken down amounts to N506, 600 per legislator, per annum.

0kay.....ah av read t again...tnx

Mr. Mbam should give Nigerians an authentic breakdown of the allowances given to NASS and stop all this "them say them said". If I recall freedom of information is now a law in Nigeria and this information is duly needed. We Nigerians will then debate whether they deserve it or not. As far as I'm concerned wardrobe allowances et al are all useless considering the economic state of the nation. For me the most annoying sef is the newspaper allowance...do they even read it at all