₦airaland Forum

omenka:
This has gotta be one of the greatest insult on Nigerians ever! How foolish do these guys actually think Nigerians are?? How in seven hells would they try to justify their gargantuan pay by doing a simple comparism with what their counterparts in other countries take, countries that are light years ahead of us in terms of development.

Now, for those of us that refuse to be deceived by this shameful "disclosure", here's what we demand they do if truly they want us to see what "peanuts" they earn:

1. What is the percentage of their total expenditure to our GDP and what is that of their counterparts in the countries stated??

2. What is the per capita income of those countries as compared to Nigeria's?? Is their pay justifiable on this basis??

3. What is the percentage of their take home to our GNP in comparism to that of their counterparts in the countries listed??

4. What is the percentage of their annual take home to the annual take home of a minimum wage earner, and how does that compare with those of their counterparts in the countries quoted??

5. What is the actual man hours contributed by the congressmen in a legislative calender compared to that of our "honourables"?? Is the pay of our legislators justifiable on the backdrop of their productivity??


It is only when these figures are presented and analysed that one could be better informed as to the propriety or otherwise of the size of their income.

Bevista:
Spot on! Couldn't have said it better. But this is not even where the major problem lies.

The total of these figures (salaries & allowances) is about N16bn. The main problem lies in the balance of the N120bn budget. This is where most of the NASS fraud is hidden. Why should 2,500 persons have an annual budget of N120bn while most states in the country (with population of over 5m each) have an annual budget of less than N100bn?

HungerBAD:
The controversy over the monthly salary of a Nigerian lawmaker has finally been laid to rest with a formal disclosure of what the legislators earn. The National Institute of Legislative Studies, NILS, apparently worried by growing public outcry against the Nigerian lawmakers, on Friday released a set of documents, showing what constitutes the earnings of the 109 Senators and 360 members of the Nigerian House of Representatives.

The documents, which were made available to Vanguard in Abuja on Friday, indicated that the Nigerian lawmakers earn perhaps one of the least salaries among legislators in the world, as against the notion that their pay was outrageous.

Apart from releasing global comparative figures drawn from nine countries, the NILS also gave a breakdown of what constitutes the monthly take-home pay of each Nigerian lawmaker. The figure shows that while a Nigerian Senator gets an annual basic salary of N2,026,400,00 a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives goes home with N1,985,212, 50 per year.

But beyond that a Senator takes home a bouquet of allowances which hike their salary to N12, 902, 360.00 while their House of Representatives counterpart goes home with N9,525,985.50 annually.

Thus, for the four-year tenure which the lawmaker stay in the NASS, the Nigerian government spends a total of N1, 406,357,240.00 as basic salary on the 109 Senators and N3,428,994,780.00 on the 360 members of the House of Representatives.

The breakdown of the allowances are on: Vehicle fuelling/maintenance, Constituency, Domestic Staff, Personal Assistant, Entertainment, Recess, Utilities, Newspaper/Periodicals, Houses Maintenance, Wardrobe, Estacode, Duty Tour, which attract more money available to the lawmakers than their basic salaries.

Beyond that, the lawmakers earn special amount in every four-year period on Accommodation, vehicle loan, furniture, and severance allowance, which make every Senator to pocket N24,090,000.00 and a House of Representatives member to go home with N23,822,00.00 within the same period.

Thus for every four year which a lawmaker stays in the NASS, the Federal Government spends N2,625, 810,000.00 on accommodation, vehicle loans, furniture and severance gratuity on the 109 senators and N8,575,920,000.00 on the 360 House of Representatives members.

This payment brings the total expenditure of the government to N33, 992, 360 for the senators and N33,347, 985, 50 on the members of the HoR. The figures are lower when compared to what their counterparts in eight other countries earn.

But the monies Nigerian lawmakers earn from their oversight functions and other sources make them big earners.

A global comparison released by the NILS shows that lawmakers in the Philippines earn the highest annual basic salary of $4, 497,957, followed by their counterparts in the United States of America where a Senator goes home with $3,409,422 while a member of the US House of Representatives takes $1,429,909 home annually.

This is followed by lawmakers in Kenya who earn $968,013 per annum followed by their counterparts in Australia who take home $646,230 while those in the United Kingdom go home with £494,285.43.

The list is followed by lawmakers from India, who earn $474,484, Singapore with $253,469, and Tanzania with $230,961.

It will be recalled that the Nigerian government has been spending a total of N150 billion per year on the NASS but has been forced to step it down to N120 billion this year following rising outcry that the lawmakers are taking too much from the Federation Account leaving little for other sectors.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/revealed-at-last-salary-and-allowances-of-nass-members/

IYANGBALI:
There is an urgent need for the Nigerian civil servants to revolt and ask for the review of their salaries and allowances. Imagine what these crooks are being paid,na which work dem dey do?bunch of criminals. Awon ole lasan lasan. Quote me negatively and die mysteriously in your sleep

Sagamite:
Soni Daniel of Vangaurd Nigeria!

Another fuuktard Nigerian journalist.

What is revealed at last? All the things this cretin is talking about have been publicly available for years. If the quacks like this cretin just knew how to google (this is not even investigative journalism), he would have known.

I have had this details on my laptop for at least four years, only to read this cretinous product of a failed education system come out to say "revealed at last".

Worse still is the cretin is calling loans "take home".

Also I wonder were this moronic fuuktard got his US legislator's earnings from.

From his arsse?

Where is a US Senator making $3.4m dollars a year?

Who is employing these fuuktards as Journalists?

This cretin is even called an "Editor"?

https://media.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/shrinknp_400_400/p/1/005/01c/1a9/29afa9e.jpg

donodion:
my person the civil servants are their kit and kin in corruption.. Governance in Nigeria is reek with corrupt practices and culture. It's even celebrated when you steal from the coffers, the shameless thief would receive ' blessed anointing' from his/ her pastor
Buhari have a great deal of battle at hand.....who knows he might be the sacrificial lamb to restore sanity and morality Into our polity.
It's now all about stomach infrasture.

Soneh:
I don't give a damn if they are one of the less paid ,political offices should be made less attractive so that only those really willing to serve their people take such political positions.come to think of it , nigeria is one of the poorest nations on earth so why shouldn't our politicians be amonmg the lowest earners on earth

sirmeeroo:
If this really is a vanguard article, then it is the most disgraceful form of irresponsible reporting. In addition to impartial reporting I should think the truthfulness (fact checking) of an article should be of utmost importance to a newspaper especially in this age of "googling".

Anyways, just a few salient points (I am using the U.S. congress as a yardstick);

1. As of 2015, the base salary for all rank-and-file members of the U.S. House and Senate is $174,000 per year, plus benefits. Salaries have not been increased since 2009. Compared to private-sector salaries, the salaries of members of Congress is lower than many mid-level executives and managers.

2. Members of Congress are eligible to receive the same annual cost-of-living increase given to other federal employees, if any. The raise takes effect automatically on January 1 of each year unless Congress, through passage of a joint resolution, votes to decline it, as Congress has done since 2009.

3. Members of Congress receive retirement and health benefits under the sampe plans available to other federal employees. They become vested after five years of full participation.

4. Outside Income

Many members of Congress retain their private careers and other business interests while they serve. Members are allowed to retain an amount of permissible "outside earned income" limited to no more than 15% of the annual rate of basic pay for level II of the Executive Schedule for federal employees, or $26,550 a year in 2013. However, there is currently no limit on the amount of non-salary income members can retain from their investments, corporate dividends or profits.

House and Senate rules define what sources of "outside earned income" are permissible. For example, House Rule nXXV (112th Congress) limits permissible outside income to "salaries, fees, and other amounts received or to be received as compensation for personal services actually rendered." Members are not allowed to retain compensation arising from fiduciary relationships, except for medical practices. Members are also barred from accepting honoraria - payments for professional services typically provided without charge.

Perhaps most importantly to voters and taxpayers, member of Congress are strictly prohibited from earning or accepting income that may appear to be intended to influence the way they vote on legislation.

http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/uscongress/a/congresspay.htm