See The Salaries And Allowances Of National Assembly Members

While Nigeria continues to suffer from unpaid salaries it is time to remember the 

salaries and allowances of the National Assembly members and ministers which was 

published by The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission. 

Publication in Daily Trust August 2013 edition said it was announced  to avoid 

misinformation and misrepresentation of facts in media reports.

According to the RMAFC estimates, lawmakers’ allowances include 

accommodation (Senator N4m, Rep N3.97m), vehicle loan (Senator N8m, Rep N7.94m), 

furniture (Senator N6m, Rep N5.956m) and severance gratuity (Senator N6.09m, Rep 

N5.956m), which are due once in four years. It should be noted that accommodation 

allowance is paid yearly while furniture, severance and car loan are paid once in four years, 

the commission said.

Annual allowances are motor vehicle fuelling and maintenance (Senator N1.52m, Rep 

N1.489m), constituency (Senator N5m, Rep N1.985m), domestic staff (Senator N1.519m, 

Rep N1.488m), personal assistant (Senator N506,600; Rep N496,303), entertainment 

(Senator N607,920, Rep N595,563), recess (Senator N202,640; Rep N198,521), utilities 

(Senator N607,920; Rep N397,042), newspaper/periodicals (Senator N303,960; Rep 

N297,781), house maintenance (Senator N101,320; Rep N99,260) and wardrobe (Senator 

N506,600; Rep N496,303).

Other allowances are estacode (Senator $950, Rep $900) and duty tour allowance 

(Senator N37,000; Rep N35,000).

RMAFC said: “Regular allowances are paid regularly with basic salaries while non-regular 

allowances are paid as at when due. For instance, furniture allowance andeverance gratuity 

are paid once in every tenure and vehicle allowance which is optional is a loan which the 

beneficiary has to pay before the end of tenure. It is therefore wrong and misleading to add 

up allowances irrespective of whether they are regular, refundable or non-regular as 

the regular annual emoluments of political public office holders.” 

However, RMAFC warned that any other allowances received by the affected officials are 

illegal and the chief accounting officer should be held responsible. According to RMAFC 

: “The commission also wishes to use this opportunity to state that any other 

allowance(s) enjoyed by any political, public office holders outside those provided in the 

Remuneration Act of 2008 is not known to the commission and the chief accounting officer 

should be held accountable”. 

The source also notes that with a national minimum wage of N18,000.00 per month and 

totalling N216,000.00 per annum, it will take the average Nigerian worker, 60 years and 44 

years to earn the annual salary and allowances of a Nigerian Senator and Member of the 

House of Representatives respectively.  It states: “This cannot be right and something 

urgent has to be done to slash the salaries and allowances of the members of the National 

Assembly and State Houses of Assembly”.

credit: Naij.com