The Senate has responded to claims by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, that members of the National Assembly determine their own salaries and receive a special fiscal package from the Presidency.

Obasanjo made the claims on Friday in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital during a visit by a group of House of Representatives members.

But reacting in a statement on Sunday, the Chairman Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Adaramodu (APC, Ekiti South), described Obasanjo’s claims as misleading.

The statement reads in part, “To straighten the records, the Senate receives only the salary allocated constitutionally by the Revenue Mobilisation Fiscal Allocation Commission.

“We challenge anyone who is privileged, either in qualified or absolute position to bring forth any contrary fact. The Senators or the National Assembly do not and cannot fix their salaries.

“Any suggestions contrary is uncharitable and satanic. It’s only an attempt to crucify the legislature by the centurions of political hypocrisy. It’s pertinent to inform the unsuspecting public that no Senator has received any monetary patronage from the Presidency. The mischievously touted consistency projects are not for the legislators.