Hardship: Why we haven’t fulfilled promise to donate half salaries – Reps

 

Spokesperson of the House, Rep. Akin Rotimi has revealed why the House is yet to fulfill its promise to donate half of its members’ salaries.

He also quashed rumours that the House of Representatives monthly salary is N900,000, stating it is N600,000.

He said, “The House of Representatives has been inundated by some media outlets reporting claims of discrepancies in the salaries of members, suggesting that we received 100 per cent of our July salaries.

“The report claimed that our salary amounted to N936,979

“We wish to clarify that the actual monthly salary for members is N600,000, after deductions for advances such as housing, which are paid at the commencement of the tenure,” he said.

He said that the member who displayed his salary on a TV programme was an exceptional case, because he assumed office through a court decision many months after the on-boarding process was concluded.

He said that the house remained committed to the resolution passed on July 18, which mandated a 50 percent reduction in the salaries of members for six months.

“We acknowledge and regret that this resolution was not implemented by the bureaucracy as intended for the month of July.

“Resolutions of the House are ratified when the votes and proceedings of plenary are adopted on the next legislative day. Consequently, the bureaucracy was only formally instructed on July 23