{"id":1144,"date":"2012-01-08T19:11:18","date_gmt":"2012-01-08T18:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1144"},"modified":"2012-01-08T19:11:47","modified_gmt":"2012-01-08T18:11:47","slug":"the-salary-and-allowances-of-a-nigerian-senator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/1144\/","title":{"rendered":"The Salary and Allowances of a Nigerian Senator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blogger Peter Okali has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peterokali.com\/2010\/08\/02\/this-really-stinks-nigeria-senators-salary-package-2\/\">post up<\/a> detailing the salary of a Nigerian Senator.\u00a0 I&#8217;m going to quote most of it, so large hat-tip is due him. (1m Naira is about US$6,100)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Basic Salary (BS) \u2013 N2,484,245.50<\/p>\n<p>Hardship Allowance @ 50% of Basic Salary \u2013 N1,242,122.70 (I love this kind of hardship)<\/p>\n<p>Constituency allowance @ 200% of BS\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 N4,968,509.00<\/p>\n<p>Furniture Allowance @ 300% of BS \u2013 N7,452,736.50<\/p>\n<p>Newspaper allowance @ 50% \u2013 N1,242,122.70 (Which kind newspaper be this, abi na online or hard copy?)<\/p>\n<p>Wardrobe allowance @ 25%\u00a0 \u2013 N621,061.37<\/p>\n<p>Recess Allowance @ 10% \u2013 N248,424.55<\/p>\n<p>Accommodation @ 200%\u00a0 \u2013 N4,968,509.00<\/p>\n<p>Utilities @ 30%\u00a0 \u2013 N828,081.83<\/p>\n<p>Domestic Staff @ 35%\u00a0 \u2013 N863,184.12<\/p>\n<p>Entertainment @ 30% \u2013 N828,081.83<\/p>\n<p>Personal Assistance @ 25%\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 N621,061.37<\/p>\n<p>Vehicle Maintenance Allowance @ 75%\u00a0 \u2013 N1,863,184.12<\/p>\n<p>Leave Allowance @ 10% \u2013 N248,424.55<\/p>\n<p>One off payments (Severance gratuity) @ 300%\u00a0 \u2013 N7,452,736.50\u00a0 (Once they get fired.)<\/p>\n<p>Motor Vehicle Allowance @ 400% of BS \u2013 N9,936,982.00 \u2013 Every Four Years<\/p>\n<p>Senator\u2019s Salary per month \u2013 N2,456,647.70<br \/>\nTotal\u00a0 = N29,479,749.00 Per Year<br \/>\nAllowance of Nigerian Senator: $1,500,000\/year<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To clarify, Nigerian senators get paid about $180,000 per year as a salary.\u00a0 On top of this, they get about $1.5m in allowances, as detailed above.\u00a0 And that&#8217;s what they receive officially.\u00a0 You can multiply that by a factor of 3-5 to account for the graft, backhanders, and additional income streams they enjoy whilst in office (and often thereafter).\u00a0 According to Peter, the senators &#8211; of which there are 109 &#8211; have been asking for an increase in their allowances to $183,000 per month, or $2.2m per year.\u00a0 By contrast, the US president gets paid $400,000 per year.<\/p>\n<p>As Peter says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Little wonder why everyone in Nigeria has political ambitions and will do whatever it takes to get there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed.\u00a0 And little wonder why most Nigerians are hopelessly poor and there is a General Strike kicking off tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blogger Peter Okali has a post up detailing the salary of a Nigerian Senator.\u00a0 I&#8217;m going to quote most of it, so large hat-tip is due him. (1m Naira is about US$6,100) Basic Salary (BS) \u2013 N2,484,245.50 Hardship Allowance @ &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/1144\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[64],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1144"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1147,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144\/revisions\/1147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}