No jumbo salary for NASS members- Lawan

Senate President, Sen. Ahmed Lawan

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.

โ€œWhat I want to emphasise here is that ย I never believed that there is anything called ย Jombo pay to the national assembly.

โ€œThe ย National Assembly members both the Senate and the House receive what is their salaries and I receive N750,000 as my salary.

โ€œBut 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.

โ€œNational 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.

โ€œI 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€œ I believe that the national assembly needs proper funding because the legislature is so critical in any national development,โ€™โ€™ he said.

(NAN)

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