The lawmaker representing Kaltungo/Shongom federal constituency of Gombe State in the House of representatives, Simon Karu, has revealed that each member of the House earns N9.3 million monthly. Karu disclosed this during an event to mark Nigeria’s 60th Independence anniversary in Abuja.
The lawmaker, who was among the guest speakers at the event said the sum includes monthly salaries and the office’s running cost. Meanwhile, he stated that most of the monthly funds were spent on constituents’ high demands.
According to him, the official salary of a member, House of Representatives is N800,0000 and the office running cost of a member of the House of Representatives is N8.5 million.
He further stated that the problem the constituents’ demands adding that he received three emails from some constituents demanding money and jobs before he walked to the stage.
However, another lawmaker, who was present at the event, Nicholas Ossai debunked Mr Karu’s claim as he also urged the audience to disregard it noting that he has never received such salary since he came to the National Assembly.
