The Senate said its members received only the salaries and allowances fixed by RMAFC.
INVESTIGATION: Inside Nigeria’s large-scale post-harvest losses amid food crisis SPECIAL REPORT: Jigawa villagers link declining farming output, urban drift to abandonment of damMemo to Arewa, By Wole OlaoyeINVESTIGATION: Inside Nigeria’s large-scale post-harvest losses amid food crisis SPECIAL REPORT: Jigawa villagers link declining farming output, urban drift to abandonment of damMemo to Arewa, By Wole OlaoyeThe Senate has denied allocating new salaries and allowances for senators contrary to...
“The senators or the National Assembly do not and cannot fix their salaries. Any suggestions contrary is uncharitable and satanic. It’s only an attempt to crucify the legislature by the centurions of political hypocrisy,” he said.The Senate spokesperson also clarified that none of its members received incentives from the presidency. The N100 billion constituency projects funds were meant for projects, not the lawmakers’ personal use.
“It’s pertinent to inform the unsuspecting public that no Senator has received any monetary patronage from the Presidency. The mischievously touted consistency projects are not for the legislators. The Senate spokesperson assured that the upper chamber’s leadership would not do anything to truncate the country’s development.
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