A breakdown of the N29.48m monthly earnings of the senators of the 9th Nigerian Senate has been made public.
YaahooJournalist understands that the Nigerian senators of the 9th Senate receive a mouth-watering N29.48m monthly as legislators.
A breakdown of the senators’ earnings showed that the senators receive N7.45m as a furniture allowance and receive N9.94m as a motor vehicle allowance, which is the highest fee on the breakdown of the senators’ earnings.
The senators receive N2.48m as a basic salary, this is in addition to the constituency allowance of N4.97m and N1.24m as a hardship allowance and also N1.24m as a newspaper allowance, according to the breakdown of the earnings.
Here is the breakdown of Senators’ Earnings…
Basic Salary – N2.48m
Hardship Allowance – N1.24m
Constituency Allowance – N4.97m
Furniture Allowance – N7.45m
Newspaper Allowance – N1.24m
Wardrobe Allowance – N621,000
Recess Allowance – N248,000
Accommodation – N4.97m
Utilities – N828,000
Entertainment – N828,000
Personal Assistant – N621,000
Vehicle Maintenance Allowance – N1.86m
Leave Allowance – N248K
Severance Gratuity – N1.86m
Motor Vehicle Allowance – N9.94m
Total = N29.48m Monthly.
The revelation is coming two months after the 9th Nigerian Senate was inaugurated on June 11, 2019, with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) having the majority number of senators and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s main opposition party, coming behind.
