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FG To Slash Federal Lawmakers' Salary by baruzeez(m): 9:14am On Aug 26, 2015 |
Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation,
Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, Mr.
Elias Mbam, disclosed yesterday that the
Commission had started the process of trimming
down the pay packages of the President,
Senators, members of the House of
Representatives, governors and all the elected
public officials to reflect current economic
realities.
National Assembly
Speaking with journalists after meeting President
Muhammadu Buhari, the RMAFC Chairman said
that no federal lawmaker received N1 million
monthly as salary, adding that their salaries
would be pruned down to reflect the current
economy status.
Asked whether the parliamentarians would give a
nod to the idea, the Chairman said it was a
constitutional mandate, which no one should
argue about.
He said: “We are here to brief the President on
the activities of the commission, the challenges
and the way forward.
“The President advised us to ensure that we use
all legitimate means to ensure all public office
holders take home remuneration as determined
by the commission and also block all leakages.
“We have done a lot in informing the public on
the true position of the remuneration packages.
It is on our website; it is clearly written there
and we have published these remuneration
packages in many national dailies several times.
“We have also had interactions with the press at
different fora.
“What we read on the pages of newspapers is
not known to the commission because there is
no member of the National Assembly, based on
what we determined, who earns up to N1 million
per month.
“Presently, we are reviewing the subsisting
remuneration packages and it is going to reflect
the socio-economic realities of today. We expect
that before the end of next month, it will be
ready.
“When I talk of packages, the responsibility of
the commission is to determine the remuneration
for political office holders, both elected and
appointed, from the national level to the local
government level.
“Of course, National Assembly members are
elected. It will include them, it will include the
judiciary, it will include the state legislature,
executive and of course, the local government
will be included.
“Recently, the oil price dropped. Many
government agencies, the states and local
governments have not been able to pay their
salaries. These are some of the issues that
made it necessarily to review it. It did not start
with this administration; we started the review as
far back as last year. It is not because of the
present administration that we commenced it.
“They do not have a choice. We are guided by
the constitution and we are going to be guided
by such laws that are provided for in the
constitution and the oath they swore to obey the
laws of the country.”
Mbam, who recounted the challenges of the
Commission to include insufficient funding, urged
the authorities to amend the Act setting it up to
grant its financial independence.
Asked when the new revenue sharing formula
would be ready, the chairman said it was beyond
his power to comment on.
He said: “One of the challenges is that the
commission is not properly funded and we are
saying that we expect that the commission
should be one of the agencies of government
that should have financial autonomy.
“The best way to do that is to include it as one
of the agencies that will benefit from first line
charge.
“The second is to give the commission the
power of enforcement. They should review the
Act establishing the commission so that it can
have power of enforcement and sanctions on any
of the defaulting MDAs.” |
Re: FG To Slash Federal Lawmakers' Salary by chocolateme(f): 9:14am On Aug 26, 2015 |
Trimming down their wages is not the problem.. But how to restrict them from other sources and means of getting 19 years worth of salary in 3 months in office. |
Re: FG To Slash Federal Lawmakers' Salary by tucky200(m): 9:27am On Aug 26, 2015 |
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