Senetor Earn N15m Monthly. Say's Prof. Itse Sagay

Prof. Itse Sagay

Prof. Itse Sagay warn Senate President Ahmad Lawan to stop misleading Nigerians that nothing like "Jumbo Pay" senators earned N15m monthly and not N750,000 on Tuesday

Ordinary members of the National Assembly don’t earn as much as presiding officers, Prof said.

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has been asked by the chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), to stop misleading Nigerians, adding that senators earned N15m monthly and not N750,000 as claimed by the former.

According to Sagay, Nigerians were more interested in how much senators take home monthly in salaries and allowances, The Nation reports.

Sagay, however, said everyone knew that the bulk of the money earned by senators was embedded in their allowances, and that the Senate president was only speaking half-truth. 

He said: “I respect and like him (Lawan), but what he has done is to give half-truth. He is telling us the actual salary without mentioning anything about the allowances. 

“That is where the jumbo pay comes in, when you talk of building, furniture, domestic this or that, 15 items and those items alone bring everything up to N13.5m a month. So, simply mentioning the bare salary, which brings it to over N14m, is not sufficient. 

“So, technically, he is right. That is their salary, but what is his income, take-home pay, at the end of the month? It is about N15m and we are not including many other things we need talk about now.”