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Mum On N15m Cars, Reps Donate 2-Months Salary
Speaker of House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila, has announced that all 360 members of the house resolved to donate their two months’ salaries to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria.
In a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, Gbajabiamila said that the two-month salaries donation was independent of the contributions by individual lawmakers to alleviate the hardship at their various constituencies.
The monthly basic salary of a member of the House of Representatives as approved by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC is N165,434.40 while other allowances bring it to N794,068.83 per month.
However, the legislators have found other ways of boxing their allowances including constituency allowances to as much as N15 million per month.
Besides, Nigerians have been on uproar over ongoing plans by the legislators to buy for themselves imported vehicles estimated to cost $35,000 each (N13.5 million).
Speaker Gbajabiamila while announcing the plan by the legislators to donate their salaries to the COVID-19 fight said:
“We have in the House of Representatives jointly committed to contributing 100 per cent of our salaries for the next two months to the fight against COVID-19 in Nigeria.
“Our contribution will support provisions for the welfare of front-line medical professionals and health workers, and other interventions to provide for the well-being of all Nigerians through these trying times.
“Accordingly, i have directed the Clerk of the National Assembly to see to it that all members’ salaries are transferred to the National Relief Fund for this month and the next,” he said.
Besides, Nigerians have been on uproar over ongoing plans by the legislators to buy for themselves imported vehicles estimated to cost $35,000 each (N13.5 million).
The speaker said the House would exercise its oversight power to ensure faithful administration of all emergency funds and contributions made so far to ensure they serve the purpose for which they were intended.
”The House has already mandated the Committees on Health and Disaster Preparedness to diligently oversee the distribution of items donated by local and foreign donors to ensure proper management’’, he said.
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