Tag: Jumbo Pay
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Salary Review: Some civil servants earn more than politicians – RMAFC
Addressing speculations about a potential salary review for government employees, the Chairman, Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Muhammed Shehu, has refuted claims of exorbitant earnings by political office holders in Nigeria, asserting that some civil servants earn more than ministers and legislators. There has been a prevailing perception among Nigerians regarding the supposedly…
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SERAP drags Buhari, Osinbajo, 36 governors, NASS members to court; seeks slashing of jumbo pay allowances
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja “to order the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) to perform their statutory functions to review downward the remuneration and allowances of President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, 36 governors and…
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Lagos not Zamfara, jumbo pension pay for ex-governors, others stays – LAHA
Lagos State House of Assembly says it will not repeal the state’s pension law permitting former governors and other public office holders to receive juicy pensions from state coffers. Mr Tunde Braimoh, Chairman, House Committee on Information and Strategy, said on Sunday that Lagos Assembly would not go the way of the Zamfara Assembly which…
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How slash in lawmakers’ jumbo pay can reduce unemployment – Kukah
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, says no fewer than 76, 000 Nigerian youths stand the chance of getting gainfully employed if only members of the National Assembly can agree to a reduction of their salaries and allowances by half. Kukah made the projection on Friday while speaking at the 3rd annual…
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Senate President, Lawan reveals his salary
The President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan has said that there was nothing like jumbo salary for National Assembly members as being speculated in some quarters. Lawan made the disclosure, when members of the Senators’ Forum paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja on Tuesday. While further disregarding the jumbo pay…