The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has revealed that each member of the Senate collects a total monthly salary and allowances of the sum of N1,063,860.
The breakdown of the cumulative take-home pay include basic salary of N168,866:70; motor vehicle fuelling and maintenance allowance of N126,650; N42,216:66 for personal assistant; domestic staff – N126,650:00; entertainment – N50,660:00; utilities – N50,660; newspapers/periodicals – N25,330:00; Wardrobe allowance – N42,216,66:00; house maintenance – N8,443.33 and constituency allowance – N422,166:66; respectively.
Chairman of the commission, Mohammed Bello Shehu in a statement noted that some allowances are regular while others are non-regular.
According to Mohammed, regular allowances are paid regularly with basic salary while non-regular allowances are paid as at when due.
For instance, furniture allowance (N6,079,200.00) and severance gratuity (N6,079,200.00) are paid once in every tenure and vehicle allowance (N8,105,600.00) which is optional is a loan which the beneficiary has to pay before leaving office.
“It is important to also emphasise that with the exception of some few political, public office-holders such as the president, vice president, senate president, speaker of the House of Representative etc., all public and legislative officers are no longer provided with housing as was the case in the past.
“The commission also wishes to use this opportunity to state that any allegation regarding other allowance(s) being enjoyed by any political, public office-holder outside those provided in the remuneration (Amendment) Act, 2008 should be explained by the person who made the allegation.
“To avoid misinformation and misrepresentation of facts capable of misleading citizens and members of the international community, the commission considers it most appropriate and necessary to request Nigerians and any other interested party to avail themselves of the opportunity to access the actual details of the present remuneration package for political, public and judicial office- holders in Nigeria published on its website: www.rmafc.gov.ng” he said.