Senate President Ahmad Lawan, speaker of the house of representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila and the lawmakers in both chambers of the national assembly will get N30.173 billion as severance package.
Severance package or gratuity is the amount paid to lawmakers after their four-year tenure in office.
The provision is contained in the 2023 appropriation bill passed on Wednesday by the national assembly.
The sum of N21.83 trillion was passed as the budget for the 2023 fiscal year.
The ninth assembly’s severance package is N7 billion higher than what was approved by the eighth assembly which was led by Bukola Saraki, a former president of the senate.
At the twilight of the Saraki assembly, the sum of N23.678 billion was approved as a severance package for the lawmakers at the time.
While the 2023 budget was being considered in the “committee of supply” in both chambers, Lawan and Gbajabiamila said the N30.173 billion would also cover the inauguration of the lawmakers into the 10th assembly.