
Lawan made the disclosure, when members of the Senatorsโ Forum paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja on Tuesday.
While further disregarding the jumbo pay issue, he revealed that his monthly salary as a lawmaker and that of his colleagues was N750,000.
โWhat I want to emphasise here is that ย I never believed that there is anything called ย Jombo pay to the national assembly.
โThe ย National Assembly members both the Senate and the House receive what is their salaries and I receive N750,000 as my salary.
โBut I need to function as a senator, my office needs to beย properly funded,โ he said.
He promised that the national assembly was going to be open to the general public in the conduct of its legislative activities, particularly in the area of funding.
โNational Assembly is going to be open to the public, I believe that the national assembly should have everything open, let Nigerians Know, ย what we are doing.
โI believe that Nigerians need to understand this, we need to continually engage with Nigerians and I will also argue that we continue to explain to Nigerians, they deserve to know how their resources are being utilised.
โ I believe that the national assembly needs proper funding because the legislature is so critical in any national development,โโ he said.
(NAN)
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