Sen. President Ahmad Lawan has revealed the salaries and allowances of the National Assembly members to the public in Abuja, taking a swipe at a former senator he said misled the public years ago.
In a paper presented at the First Distinguished Parliamentarians Lecture Series organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, Lawan said the monthly Salary of a Senator stands at N1.5 million while that of a rep stands at N1.3 million.
While he was in the upper house, APC Kaduna Sen. Sheu Sani told Nigerians he earned N13 million monthly.
Lawan however contradicted him.
“The quarterly office allowance for legislators is what is erroneously conflicted with a monthly income to create confusion and mislead Nigerians,” the Senate president said.
“The average office running cost for a senator is about N13m while that of a member of the House of Representatives is N8m.”
That amounts to N52m and N13 million yearly respectively.
He said the N13m and the N8m quarterly office-running cost for a member of the Senate and House of Representatives respectively, were the lowest of any presidential democracy in the world.
The allowance covers costs of local/international travel, consulting of professional services, medical services, office stationeries/computers, consumables, books, newspapers, magazines, maintenance of motor vehicles and office equipment among others.