Nigerians Express Shock As National Assembly Members To Receive N8.64bn Wardrobe Allowance

The National Assembly members will receive a total of N8.64billion as wardrobe allowance next week, This Day has obtained.

This is aside other allowances they are entitled to, including housing and vehicle allowances. Each of 360 House of Representatives members is to get N17.5million as a wardrobe allowance and each of 109 senators – N21.5million.

Wardrobe allowance covers the the whole four-year tenure, while housing allowances are paid on a yearly basis.

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Calculations based on the system approved by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, each senator will be paid N4,052,800 as housing allowance. The Senate president and his deputy will be provided accommodation by the Federal Government.

Each reps member will be paid N3,970,425 as housing allowance upon assumption of office. Similarly, speaker’s and deputy speaker’s is to be ensured by the government.

Furniture allowance for the senators will take away N6,079,200 from the NASS budget, N650,474,400 for each (107, excluding president and deputy president).

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Furniture allowance for each member of the House of Representatives will correspond N2,132,118,225, which makes  N5,955,637.50 for each.

Meanwhile Nigerians express shock over the idea of wardrobe allowances in general:

N9 billion wardrobe allowance. Like, they were naked until they became Lawmakers and now we must clothe them to make laws. Madness

— JJ. Omojuwa (@omojuwa) June 16, 2015

Some of those senators must reject d wardrobe allowance on principles, otherwise, the CHANGE mantra will mean nothing. @obyezeks @sambolad

— The AnalystsNG (@TheAnalystsNG) June 16, 2015

Someone call me when we are ready to march against the banditry called wardrobe allowance

— Olusegun Dada (@DOlusegun) June 16, 2015

If APC lawmakers really believe in the “change” mantra, they would not be partakers of the said Wardrobe Allowance. #9BillionNaira

— Collins Onwochei (@espaceinc) June 16, 2015

They get 8.6 billion Naira for wardrobe allowance yet some of them still dress like farmers. I don’t get it.

— Dipo Awojide (@OgbeniDipo) June 16, 2015

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