Kano South Senator, Abdurrahman Kawu Sumaila, has disclosed that senators get N21 million monthly as running cost.
Sumaila, however, disclosed that he earns one million as monthly salary.
He spoke in an interview with BBC Hausa Service on Wednesday morning.
According to the lawmaker:
“My monthly salary is less than N1million. After deductions, the figure comes down to a little over N600,000.
“Given the increase effected, in the Senate, each Senator gets N21million every month as running cost.”
This comes as former President Olusegun Obasanjo accused members of the National Assembly of contravening the law by fixing bogus salaries and allowances for themselves.
Also, the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, had revealed that each member of the Senate collects a total monthly salary and allowances of N1,063,860.00
The Commission gave the breakdown of the cumulative take-home pay for lawmakers to 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.
