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Revenue Commission Reveals Nigerian Senators Earn N1Million Monthly, N12Million Furniture, Severance Gratuity Allowances Per Term; Dwarf Workers’ N70,000 Minimum Wage

4 months ago2355 min

Nigeria’s Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has revealed that each senator earns a total of N1,063,860 as monthly salary and allowances. The breakdown of these earnings, according to the commission, shows that each of the 109 senators earns Basic Salary of N168,866.70; Motor Vehicle Fuelling and Maintenance Allowance, ₦126,650.00; Personal Assistant, ₦42,216.66; Domestic Staff, ₦126,650.00; Entertainment, ₦50,660.00; Utilities, ₦50,660.00; Newspapers/Periodicals, ₦25,330.00; Wardrobe, ₦42,216.66; House Maintenance: ₦8,443.33 and Constituency Allowance: ₦422,166.66. The chairman of...

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44-year-old Senegalese President: Nigerian Youths Doing ‘Tag Along,’ More Interested In Becoming Special Assistants To Governors Or Senators, Says Sowore

9 months ago51611 min

#RevolutionNow convener, Omoyele Sowore has faulted the attitude of young Nigerians to challenge the old guards in the country for key political positions following the inauguration of 44-year-old Bassirou Diomaye Faye as the Senegalese president. Sowore, the candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 and 2023 presidential elections, however, cautioned people not to be quick to celebrate Faye’s political feat, saying time would tell if he would be a leader of...

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N3trillion Budget Padding: Civil Societies Ask Senate President Akpabio To List All Constituency Projects For Senators

9 months ago1646 min

A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has written the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, demanding a Certified True Copy of the 2024 budget highlighting the projects attached to the N3trillion allegedly padded. The coalition which said the request is made under Sections 1, 4, and 9 of the Freedom of Information Act 2011, also demanded a Certified True Copy of constituency projects as benefitted by all senators in the 2024 budget appropriation. According to the...

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Your Integrity Intact; People Alleging N3.7Billion Budget Padding Didn’t Understand The Arithmetic, Tinubu Tells Senators

9 months ago1603 min

The President while hosting the lawmakers at the State House in Abuja for Ramadan Iftar (breaking of Muslim fast) on Thursday claimed that those spreading the allegation of irregularities in the budget legislative process are not properly informed. President Bola Tinubu has reacted to the alleged padding of the 2024 Appropriations Act by the members of the Nigerian Senate. The President while hosting the lawmakers at the State House in Abuja for Ramadan Iftar (breaking...

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Gbajabiamila tasks Senators-elect, Members-elect to unimpeachable discourse at 10th NASS

2 years ago1158 min

Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has urged Senators-elect and Members-elect of the 10th National Assembly to engage in unimpeachable debate. On Tuesday in Abuja, he declared the induction of the first batch of new representatives. While congratulating the members on their election victories, Gbajabiamila urged them to justify their positions through the quality of their efforts in those positions. “This means that the quality of our legislation and advocacy, the excellence...