N’Assembly members to get N9bn allowance pay next week’

Firstclass newsline gathered that the management of the National
Assembly may have set aside about N9bn for the recently inaugurated
lawmakers in both the upper and lower chambers of the federal
parliament as allowances.
Investigations by a source revealed that the jumbo pay, which will
cover their accommodation, furniture and vehicle allowances, would be
disbursed to them next week.
A senior management worker, who stated this on the condition of
anonymity on Monday, explained that the N9bn represented 850 per cent
of their basic salaries for four years.
He said, "A senator earns about N2m basic salary per month while the
basic monthly salary of a member of the House of Representatives is
about N1.8m.
"What the management usually do is to deduct upfront, 300 per cent as
housing allowance, 300 per cent as vehicle allowance and 250 per cent
as furniture allowance.
He added that when calculated, each senator would earn about N16.5m
while a member of the House of Representatives would collect about
N14.5 per cent each.
He said, "A senator, for instance, will collect N6m as accommodation
allowance; N6m as vehicle allowance; and N4.5m as furniture
allowance."
The source added that the money would be paid directly into their
individual bank accounts latest by next week.
He also added that other allowances such as the wardrobe allowance had
been calculated and would be paid along with the other enumerated
ones.
It will be recalled that the federal lawmakers started collecting
accommodation allowances following the sale of the official residences
of the National Assembly members in the Apo Legislative Quarters,
sometimes in 2010 during the regime of former President Olusegun
Obasanjo.
Firstclassnewsline.net