Members of Nigeria’s National Assembly will soon earn bigger emoluments. This is part of a broader upward review of the salaries and allowances of public office holders, orchestrated by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). The agency is the body statutorily saddled with the task.
The salaries of the president, vice-president, governors and their deputies, ministers, commissioners and other political appointees will be covered by this upward review, which the Chairman of RMAFC, Mohammed Shehu, said is long overdue. This may have been predicated on the national minimum wage of ₦70,000 that came into effect last year, and its consequential adjustment in the salaries of other workers, alongside the inflationary spiral that has devalued the naira.
However, we are deeply concerned about the pay raise being contemplated for federal legislators against the backdrop of their already humongous monthly emoluments, which remain guarded secrets, even though claims around the amounts involved are highly disturbing. Their underwhelming performance makes any hike odious, reckless and unacceptable.
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