Representatives from Socio-Economic Rights and
Accountability Project (SERAP) will on Thursday visit the National Assembly to meet
with the Senate President Bukola Saraki in order to discuss issues relating to
details of annual salaries and allowances of lawmakers.
SERAP Deputy Director, Timothy Adewale, said: “We are
pleased to accept the invitation from the Senate president to visit the
National Assembly to discuss matters of public interest following SERAP’s
letter to Saraki to disclose details of salaries and allowances of members of
the Senate.
“We will use the opportunity of the face-to-face
meeting to ask pertinent questions and seek detailed information and
clarifications on the exact salaries and allowances that each senator receives
monthly or yearly.”
Adewale said the Office of the Senate president
contacted SERAP on Wednesday to set up a meeting for today. The meeting, scheduled
for 1p.m. at the National Assembly complex follows SERAP’s request to Saraki to
“urgently explain to Nigerians if it is true that a Nigerian senator gets N29
million monthly and over N3 billion yearly.”
Special Adviser to Saraki on New Media, Bamikole
Omishore, had on Sunday in Abuja said he would contact SERAP and other civil
society organisations for a meeting to give more details on the yearly earnings
of senators.
Omishore said: “The attention of the office of the
President of the Senate has been drawn to the demand for more details regarding
the earnings of senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Having released
the breakdown of the National Assembly budget, the most comprehensive in the
history of Nigerian Senate, it seems the release of pay slips is yet to clarify
earnings of Nigerian senators.
“The Senate president has agreed to a roundtable with SERAP
and other CSOs to enlighten them and answer genuine questions regarding the
matter. I will make contact with SERAP and other CSOs for a date convenient for
all parties in the next few days.”
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