The Senator representing Kano South, Kawu Sumaila, has revealed that he gets a total take-home package of over N21 million monthly.
Kawu disclosed this in an interview with British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Hausa Service, on Wednesday.
Earlier on Tuesday, chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Mohammed Shehu, clarified that senators get a total of N1.06 million in salary and allowances every month.
The clarification followed allegations by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that senators fix their own salaries.
However, Senator Kawu said in the interview that although his monthly salary is about N1m, his total take-home was N21m, a wide margin from figures quoted by RMFAC.
Kawu said, “The amount of salary I receive per month is less than N1m, if there are cuts, it comes back to about six hundred thousand naira and a little something as salary.”
He noted that there are usually a few deductions by the RMFAC.
