The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has condemned the planned 114 per cent increase in the salaries of elected political
LEADERSHIP reports that RMAFC had denied the reported approval of 114% salary increase for political office-holders and judicial officers, saying it was only a proposal in the making.However, the LP presidential wrote: “I learnt with great reservation, the approval of a 114% increase in the salaries of elected politicians, including the President, vice president, governors, lawmakers as well as judicial and public office holders by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission .
“The sacrifice, at this time in our nation, should be borne by the leaders. The increment should be reversed immediately, and the savings should be devoted to fixing education, healthcare and poverty alleviation especially in the remote rural areas.”
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