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  • N21M Salary: I’m vindicated – Shehu Sani tells RMFAC

    N21M Salary: I’m vindicated – Shehu Sani tells RMFAC

    N21M Salary: I’m vindicated – Shehu Sani tells RMFAC

    Shehu Sani
    Senator Shehu Sani

    Shehu Sani, a former lawmaker, says he has been vindicated by the confession of Senator Kawu on receiving N21 million monthly as salaries and allowances.

    Sani, who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District had earlier claimed that senators receive a monthly running cost of ₦13.5m in addition to a ₦750,000 salary.

    Reacting to this claim, the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) refuted Sani and stated that the salary of a senator stands around N1.06 million.

    However, in a twist of events, a lawmaker of the Nigerian Senate, Sumaila Kawu, in an interview with BBC Hausa Service said his salary and other allowances amount to N21m every month.

    He said this serves as funds needed for the running cost of his office as a senator. The lawmaker also stated that the few deductions on his salary are done by the RMFAC.

    Reacting to Kawu’s revelation, Sani took to X to write: “Yesterday, the RMFAC refuted my statement but I’m vindicated by Senator Kawu Sumaila who confirmed that the monthly alert is N21 million and not N1 million.

    “RMFAC make una mind yourself.”

    The controversy surrounding the salaries of lawmakers started after former president Olusegun Obasanjo alleged that members of the National Assembly fixed their salaries.

    Obasanjo also said that the present crop of lawmakers are being bribed by the executive.

  • We are paid N21m per month, Senator Kawu reveals

    We are paid N21m per month, Senator Kawu reveals

    We are paid N21m per month, Senator Kawu reveals

    Senator Kawu
    Senator Sumaila Kawu

    The lawmaker representing Kano South, Senator Sumaila Kawu, has revealed that senators are paid the sum of N21m per month as the cost of running their office.

    In an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, Kawu said the official pay of N1 million fixed by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) drops to around N600,000 after deductions.

    However, he added that other allowances elevate their total pay to N21 million per month.

    The lawmaker said the allowances include office running, newspaper money, local travel and others.

    Lindaikejisblog reported that Kawu made the revelation a day after RMAFC Chairman, Mohammed Shehu said senators only get N1.06m monthly.

    But in his BBC Hausa interview, Kawu said, “The amount of salary received per month is less than N1 million. If there are cuts, it comes back to about N600,000. In the Senate, each senator is given N21 million every month as the cost of running his office.”