The Senate has labeled as Satanic claims by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that lawmakers in both chambers of the National Assembly (NASS) fix their salaries.
On Friday, Obasanjo, Nigeria’s democratically elected President from May 1999 to May 2007, said it was “immoral” for federal lawmakers to determine their salaries and allowances – a responsibility which belongs to the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).
Reacting, Spokesman of the Senate, Yemi Adaramodu challenged anyone with credible evidence to present contrary facts, describing any suggestion that the National Assembly fixes its salaries as “uncharitable and satanic.”
Adaramodu said the red chamber only receives the salary allocated to it by the RMAFC in line with the constitution.
He also dismissed claims that Senators received any financial patronage from the Presidency.
He clarified that the constituency projects often linked to the legislature are merely suggested and nominated by Senators, following practices common in other democracies worldwide.
