The House of Representatives has clarified that each member earns N600,000 monthly as against reports of N900,000.
Spokesperson of the house, Rotimi Akin, made the clarification on Wednesday, while explaining why members of the lower chamber of the national assembly are yet to donate 50 percent of their salary to the Federal Government as promised.
“There is nothing to investigate, as some media houses reported, as the House’s position on this matter had been provided to some journalists who had reached out for clarification”, he said.
“The House of Representatives has been inundated by some media outlets reporting claims of discrepancies in the salaries of members, suggesting that we received 100 per cent of our July salaries. The report claimed that our salary amounted to N936,979.
“We wish to clarify that the actual monthly salary for members is N600,000, after deductions for advances such as housing, which are paid at the commencement of the tenure”.
Speaking on why the donation is yet to be made, he said:
“Resolutions of the House are ratified when the votes and proceedings of plenary are adopted on the next legislative day. Consequently, the bureaucracy was only formally instructed on July 23.”
The lawmakers in July agreed to cut their salaries by 50 per cent for six months in solidarity with Nigerians over economic hardship and hunger experienced by the citizens.
