Senate President Bukola Saraki has waded into the N9 billion wardrobe allowance controversy rippling across the country, saying the appropriate government agency will review it to reflect the country’s current economic realities.
Saraki said through his Twitter handle (@bukolasaraki) on Wednesday that he had met with the chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to seek clarification on the issue.
“Chairman of Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission was in my office to clarify wardrobe allowance. Amount is N506, 600 per senator,” he said.
He then added: “Fixing of renumeration of political office holders is the sole responsibility of Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission.
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“With the current challenges we are facing as a nation, RMAFC will be reviewing allowances to reflect the current economic trend.”
In support of an open national assembly, Nigeria’s number three citizen said RMAFC would be publishing the details of the allowances of legislators on its website in a few days.
“I have just been informed that RMAFC will be publishing details of allowances on their website. I have asked them to do so in a matter of days and we should all follow up to keep them on their toes.”
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It was reported on Tuesday that 469 federal lawmakers in both chambers were billed to get a sum of N8.64 billion to furnish their wardrobes, translating to N17.5 million for each of the 360 members of the federal house of representatives and N21.5 million for each of the 109 senators.
In a series of social-media posts, Nigerians expressed their opposition to such bumper allowance in the midst of the country’s economic problems.
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Wardrobes all over the world are known to have yielded for public scrutiny their skeletons so the best of garments not enough to cover up the filth of human hearts in the Nigerian assemblage in political assembly.