Jibril Questions The Veracity Of Dogara's Salary
The rift between the House of Representatives and the Governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El- Rufai has once again brought another debate as the embattled former Chairman of the House Committee of Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin said "if what I saw is the authentic pay slip of Mr Speaker, it means I earn more than him from what I see in my salary statement of account."
Jibril's reaction came in as a response to the six months pay slip of the Speaker of the House of Representative, Hon. Yakubu Dogara published in the Media earlier in the week.
According to the Speaker's payslip, he earns N346, 577.
87 monthly, with his basic salary as NN206, 425. 83.
The constituency allowance also shows N 175, 461.96. Recess allowance is N20, 642.58, while a monthly PAYE deductions of N55,952 was evident.
Jibril however noted that: "I have requested for my pay slip from NASS, I will publish it and my monthly salary statement of account.
Perhaps I have been overpaid.”
"Besides salaries, allowances and running cost, no member has details of about 20 other expenditure heads captured in Namdas statement.
"I am aware majority of members feel terribly embarrassed and are presently insisting on having access to the internal budget of the House.
"Mr Speaker, you know that NILS HQ is not completely funded from NASS allocation but partly funded by FG under service wide vote,” Jibrin said. But how much exactly does a federal lawmaker (House of Representatives) earn?
While a member of the House
earns about N2million basic salaries records show that in addition to the annual basic salary of a lawmaker, they receive a 100 percent as constituency allowance annually; members also receive 200 percent of thebannual salary for accommodation, 75 percent for domestic staff, entertainment and utilities is 30 percent, while clothing or are robe allowance is 25 percent and 15 percent for Newspapers. Responsibility allowance ranges for 5 to 10 percent.
Others are vehicle maintenance gulps another 75 percent, for staff like personal Assistant is 25 percent; and 5 percent for House maintenance.
The Nation reported that, "while aides to the principal officers’ total monthly package is between N950,000 and N500,000, five aides that lawmakers are entitled to take home between N150,000 and N450,000 monthly causing many to believe there are two sets of salaries for lawmakers: badministrative and political.
"The two presiding officers have about 30 aides between them. A twist to the appointment of aides is that only few lawmakers employ people other than their relatives as Senior Legislative aides.
"More importantly, only a handful engage the services of consultants to support their legislative duties.
"This aside, the salaries of NASS members has always been contentious with Nigerians believing that it is unwieldy if viewed against the N18,000 minimum wagebof Nigeria workers. Many have called for a review saying that while the people they represent are wallowing in abject poverty, lawmaker are living in and displaying stupendous affluence.
"Many reports have claimed that NASS members are the highest paid in the world with an annual basic salary of $189,500 (N30.6 m) or above. Some even adduce their payment to the high recurrent expenditure of the country." The report explained.
Jibril's reaction came in as a response to the six months pay slip of the Speaker of the House of Representative, Hon. Yakubu Dogara published in the Media earlier in the week.
According to the Speaker's payslip, he earns N346, 577.
87 monthly, with his basic salary as NN206, 425. 83.
The constituency allowance also shows N 175, 461.96. Recess allowance is N20, 642.58, while a monthly PAYE deductions of N55,952 was evident.
Jibril however noted that: "I have requested for my pay slip from NASS, I will publish it and my monthly salary statement of account.
Perhaps I have been overpaid.”
"Besides salaries, allowances and running cost, no member has details of about 20 other expenditure heads captured in Namdas statement.
"I am aware majority of members feel terribly embarrassed and are presently insisting on having access to the internal budget of the House.
"Mr Speaker, you know that NILS HQ is not completely funded from NASS allocation but partly funded by FG under service wide vote,” Jibrin said. But how much exactly does a federal lawmaker (House of Representatives) earn?
While a member of the House
earns about N2million basic salaries records show that in addition to the annual basic salary of a lawmaker, they receive a 100 percent as constituency allowance annually; members also receive 200 percent of thebannual salary for accommodation, 75 percent for domestic staff, entertainment and utilities is 30 percent, while clothing or are robe allowance is 25 percent and 15 percent for Newspapers. Responsibility allowance ranges for 5 to 10 percent.
Others are vehicle maintenance gulps another 75 percent, for staff like personal Assistant is 25 percent; and 5 percent for House maintenance.
The Nation reported that, "while aides to the principal officers’ total monthly package is between N950,000 and N500,000, five aides that lawmakers are entitled to take home between N150,000 and N450,000 monthly causing many to believe there are two sets of salaries for lawmakers: badministrative and political.
"The two presiding officers have about 30 aides between them. A twist to the appointment of aides is that only few lawmakers employ people other than their relatives as Senior Legislative aides.
"More importantly, only a handful engage the services of consultants to support their legislative duties.
"This aside, the salaries of NASS members has always been contentious with Nigerians believing that it is unwieldy if viewed against the N18,000 minimum wagebof Nigeria workers. Many have called for a review saying that while the people they represent are wallowing in abject poverty, lawmaker are living in and displaying stupendous affluence.
"Many reports have claimed that NASS members are the highest paid in the world with an annual basic salary of $189,500 (N30.6 m) or above. Some even adduce their payment to the high recurrent expenditure of the country." The report explained.
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