About N2.354 billion in pay cheques, comprising the monthly salaries of the 109 senators and the cost of running their offices, is enough to pay monthly wages of 4,708 professors at universities across the country. Debates have continued over the perceived imbalance in the remunerations of political office holders and academics, reports Daily ...
•Senator Orji Uzor Kalu Former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, has said that he earns 14 million monthly as a senator, but the money is not enough to take care of his overhead and other costs. Kalu, who represents Abia North Senatorial District, stated this during an interview on Channels TV yesterday. He […]
•Nigerian Senate Indications have emerged that the total monthly pay of 99 non-principal officers of the Nigerian senate is above N2 billion. One of them, Senator Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila (NNPP, Kano), yesterday, confirmed that he receives about N21 million monthly as his perquisite for representing the people of Kano South Senatorial District...

