Going by the remuneration approved for them by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) formula, the annual take-home (excluding estacode, Duty Tour Allowance (DTA) and some sundry allowances which they are paid as necessary), of each of the 360 members of the House of Representatives is estimated at N18.26 million.
Each of the 109 senators earn a bit higher, pocketing N19.66 million each a year, PREMIUM TIMES analysis shows.
Additionally, each senator collects N1.01 million for his domestic staff, while each member of the House of Representatives collects N1million. Apart from this, each senator gets N202, 640 as Newspapers/Periodicals allowance.
Based on the approved pay schedule, N1.4billion is spent on the lawmakers as furniture allowance annually, while their car loan stands at N2.34billion.

With these figures, the 360 members of the House of Representatives gulp N6.58 billion from the nation’s treasury as total allowances and salaries, while the 109 Senators will cost the nation N2.14 billion.
Together, the National Assembly will cost the country a total sum of N8.72 billion as allowances and salaries.
However, the amount the Senators and Members of the House of Representatives remit as tax appears insignificant as it’s being charged on their basic salaries alone. The allowances are about 870 percent and 820 percent of their respective basic salaries.
PREMIUM TIMES analysis of the lawmakers’ pay did however not include the illegal but hefty quarterly allowances lawmakers pay themselves – they call it office running cost.

It is unclear how much it is now. In 2009, it was N192million per senator per quarter while their House of Representatives counterparts received N140 million. Insiders say the “allowances” have increased dramatically over time.
In the twilight of the Seventh Assembly, the clamour by Nigerian civil society organizations only forced the legislators to knock off N20billion from their budgetary allocation, thus making them cut the habitual N150 billion to N130 billion.
First-term senator, Ben Murray-Bruce’s call for reduction in allowances of members of the National Assembly received widespread commendation.

A number of lawmakers followed suit, giving support to Mr. Murray-Bruce’s populist proposal.
Although the Seventh Assembly made the N20 billion cut as part of their austerity measure, the N7.8 billion they will cumulatively earn is almost the sum total of 2015 capital allocation to Power Sector (N4.24billion) Ministry of Women Affairs (N1.25billion), the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology (N500million), Federal Ministry of Justice and the National Human Rights Commission (N500million), the Ministry of Science and Technology (N500million), the Petroleum Resources (N500million)the Ministry of Labour and Productivity (N200million) and Ministry of Police Affairs (N150million).


Source: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/188571-without-the-illegal-allowances-these-are-what-your-senators-reps-earn.html

cat is getting bigger, the owner is looking thin.

Money dey work,baboon dey chop..No go be your portion

uhmmmmmm, I'm seeing things

We've seen all this over n over again..the sad part is nobody is doing anything about it

bullsh1t...

argon500:

With these figures, the 360 members of the House of Representatives gulp N6.58 billion from the nation’s treasury as total allowances and salaries, while the 109 Senators will cost the nation N2.14 billion.
Together, the National Assembly will cost the country a total sum of N8.72 billion as allowances and salaries.

If you think our Senators are soo rich, then you need to find out how much Mikel Obi earns
Total number of members==== 469
Total Allowance ==========N8.72b
Average per individual======N18.6m
Annual Wage for Mikel Obi===N1.33b

Mikel earns as much as 17 Senators put together

Chai ,is see money as he dey flow for legislative.


Oga o ,may GOD save us from those Nigeria Youth Destiny Killer.

Awon oloshi ,legislating there pockets



The guy above me need rehab.

This is open robbery

Ok... Why you are busy calculating, they are busy earning...

This is why some people will go to the extent of murder to get there.

Although the Seventh Assembly made the N20 billion cut as part of their austerity measure, the N7.8 billion they will cumulatively earn is almost the sum total of 2015 capital allocation to Power Sector (N4.24billion) Ministry of Women Affairs (N1.25billion), the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology (N500million), Federal Ministry of Justice and the National Human Rights Commission (N500million), the Ministry of Science and Technology (N500million), the Petroleum Resources (N500million)the Ministry of Labour and Productivity (N200million) and Ministry of Police Affairs (N150million).

Imagine the waste at NASS, anyway wait till you see what Bubu earns, no wonder he changed his mind about declaring assets publicly.

20million just to support and reject motions

My question is what is the difference between senate and house of rep? I nid answers pls

ok

There is no difference between our politicians and armed robbers. We are been robbed in broad day light by those fat blood svckerss.

I still repeat, if you know where I could get a napalm bomb, please let me know.

This country needs cleansing

Chai. All these money they are sharing....

Its [size=20pt]LadyF[/size] again

ok

na today? dey collect all sort of allowance only to pass useless bills.
sincerely I our reps/senators need to be paid CONDOM allowance for their protection cos these guys like London die.

Yoruba boys una too dey forget easily.... Una bro Fela sang beast of no nation. Buhari dey there na crazy man be dat, dsame man una still dey support

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This are d plpp who needs wardrope Allowance.....

Hardly would you find a government school teacher that could Boast of having 10million naira in his/her account after serving for 35years in my beloved Nigeria, we sincerely need to restructure this country, it might be a zoo afterall.

I WOULDN'T HAVE MIND THIS OUTRAGEOUS MONEY THEY ARE COLLECTING IF AT ALL OTHER GOVT WORKERS LIKE TEACHERS,HEALTH WORKERS etc AND EVEN PENSIONEERS ARE BEEN PAID WELL AND CONSISTENTLY.BUT THESE PEOPLE ARE JUST GREEDY AND WICKED.THEY MAKE AND PASS LAWS THAT FAVOUR THEM WITHIN 2MINUTES BUT THE LAWS THAT WILL FAVOUR THE MASSES AND WORKERS WILL DRAG ON FOR YEARS.

Owo ti po ju oo,haba,kilode Even without allowance 7 digit,y I no go be politician wey I don dey aspire since 1999? ##Yimu