Money derived from removal of fuel subsidy should be used to raise minimum wage instead of increasing politicians’ salaries

In response to rumors that the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) will be raising politicians’, judges’, and public office holders’ salaries by 114%, Senator Shehu Sani has issued a statement.

Many people were shocked by the announcement because Nigerians are still struggling economically as a result of the termination of the gasoline subsidy.

In response to news of the salary hike for legislators, Sani wrote in a tweet that raising the wages of the poor should take precedence over those of the elites at this time.

As a former member of the National Assembly, he said that with the raise, federal lawmakers will receive a salary of roughly N2 million.