Senator Sumaila Kawu Says His Take-Home Pay Is N21m…Returns Attention To Controversy Over ‘Monthly Salary’ Of Federal Lawmakers

Senator Sumaila Kawu, who represents Kano South in the senate,  has  made a disclosure that has made the National Assembly to continue to be in the spotlight.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that  Senator Kawu , who is a member of the NNPP,  submitted in an interview with British Broadcasting Hausa Service, on Wednesday morning  that although his monthly salary is about N1million,his total ‘take-home  package’ is  however N21million.

‘The amount of salary I receive per month is less than N1m, if there are cuts, it comes back to about six hundred thousand naira and a little something as salary’ Kawu submitted while noting that there are usually a few deductions by the RMFAC.

‘Given the increase effected, in the Senate, each senator gets N21 million every month as running cost’ Senator Sumaila added.

Recall that the national Assembly has received a lot of public attention since questions were raised about the take-home pay of the federal lawmakers.

 The National Assembly comprises 109 senators and  360 members of the House of Representatives.

 Former president Olusegun Obasanjo had also made  comments  about the salary and allowances of the federal lawmakers last week  submitting  that it is wrong and absurd that they are allowed to determine their salary and allowances .

‘You are not supposed to fix your salary or allowances; it is supposed to be done by the Revenue Mobilization and Fiscal Responsibility Commission.

With all due respect, you know it’s not right; it is not right for me to be the one to determine what I pay myself; it is immoral, and you are doing it; the Senate is doing it’ Obasanjo had submitted.

Spokesperson for the House of Representatives, Rep  Rotimi Akin, had however   clarified  that the monthly salary of each of the members of the House of Representatives  is N600,000 and not  N900,000 as being speculated.

Chairman of RMAFC, Muhammed Shehu, had also clarified and asserted that each senator earns N1,063,860 monthly salary and allowance.

The breakdown includes basic salary of N168,866:70; motor vehicle fuelling and maintenance allowance – 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-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you