How Buhari And His Cabinet Members Are Milking Nigeria Dry While The Masses Are Languishing In Abject Poverty Due To The Unnecessary Recession He Plunged Nigeria Economy Into!

It Has been revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari, his cabinet Ministers, and other political appointees, pocketed the sum of N2.295 billion (€6.517 million), as official salaries and hardship allowances, even as an average Nigerian worker goes home with a minimum wage of N18,000 a month, Post-Nigeria reports.

Buhari had in Abuja recently, launched the National Re-orientation Campaign, “Change Begins With Me.” He had urged all citizens to always resist the temptation of doing things the old ways, saying that Nigerians must exhibit the virtues of honesty, hard work in all their interactions, and to make sacrifices.

In the report obtained by the Economic Intelligence Magazine, which shows the official remunerations of the President, Vice-President, cabinet Ministers, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the Head of Service of the Federation, among other Chief Executives, are in tandem with the approval of the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC.

The report indicates that President Buhari, has an annual basic salary of N3.51 million, Vice-President, N3.03 million; while Ministers; Secretary to the Government of the Federation; Head of Service and Chairmen of Boards of Statutory Agencies, have N2.02 million respectively, aside allowances.

As for the Members of Constitutional Bodies, Special Advisers, Speech Writers, Directors General, Accountant General of the Federation, Permanent Secretaries, CEOs of agencies, and INEC Resident Electoral Commissioners, each have an annual basic salary of N1.9 million.

The report, further shows that only the President and the Vice-President in the Executive arm of government, enjoy the hardship allowances of 50 percent each of their annual basic salaries; 250 percent as Constituency Allowances, and enjoy other perks to be provided by the government.

These benefits to be provided to the two leaders include, but are not limited to the following: Accommodation, Furniture, Domestic Staff, Personal Assistants, Utilities, Newspapers, Vehicles, Entertainment, Maintenance, and Estacode. Source; post-nigeria.com,

Meanwhile, other appointees including Ministers, Advisers, Permanent Secretaries and INEC Resident Commissioners, are entitled to 200 percent of their annual basic salary for Accommodation; 300 percent for Furniture; 75 percent for Vehicle Maintenance and Fuel; 25 percent for Personal Assistants; 75 percent for Domestic Staff; 45 percent for Entertainment; 30 percent for Utilities; 15 percent for Newspapers; and 20 percent for Monitoring.

While the President and Vice-President Duty Tours and Estacode will be provided by the government, other officers have fixed rates. The Estacode allowance per day for Ministers, SGF, Head of Service and Chairmen of Board, is $1000 per night on foreign trips; Member of Constitutional Bodies, $900 per night; Special Advisers and Speech Writers, $800 per night; while the Permanent Secretary, Director General, and INEC Electoral Commissioners, take $600 per night each on foreign trips.

The Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, determines and fixes the remuneration packages of public and political office holders, while the National Salaries, Wages and Income Commission, fixes the salaries and allowances of civil servants in Nigeria.