The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, (RMAFC) has said some public servants earn salaries bigger than that of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Chairman of the commission, Mohammed Shehu, disclosed this in an interview with Channels Television on Thursday, December 1.
Speaking on the commission’s plan to review judicial and political holders’ salaries, Shehu said some officials of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), among others collect salaries higher than that of the president’s.
“The severance package of the president is just N10.5 million. This is after the president leaves office. You can imagine after spending four or eight years, that would be the only take-home. The salary of Mr President is not up to N1.3 million a month.
There are people in the private sector and others in other public sectors that earn twice, three times or four times. No public servant should earn a salary bigger than Mr President. But we do have public servants that earn salaries bigger than Mr President, such as in the NCC, NIMASA, etc.
My argument has always been that no public servant should earn allowances, severances, or salaries larger than the president of the federal republic of Nigeria, and I stand by it,” he said.
