Yar’adua Orders Cut In Salaries Of Political Office Holders

He expressed optimism that “budget discipline and audit of the revenue collection process,” among other measures, would further help plug leakages in public coffers.

N29 million
Approximately the annual salaries and allowances of each minister

N28 million
Payments to each of the 109 senators in a year

N22 million
Payments to each member of the House of Representatives in a year

N1.4 billion
Estimated total payments to presidential aides in emoluments in a year
N593 billion
Total yearly payments to council chairmen/women and councillors in Nigeria’s 774 LGAs

N36 billion
Total salaries of House of Assembly members across the 36 states

N1.3 trillion
Estimated annual salaries, allowances and fringe benefits of Nigeria’s political office holders at all tiers of government.
Source: RMAFC