On Wednesday, July 3, Honourable Yakubu Dogara, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, revealed that his total allowance while he was Speaker was N25million, while his salary was N400,000.
Dogara said the clarification was necessary following a public misconception that members of the National Assembly earn huge salaries and allowances, Vanguard reported on Wednesday.
Recall that Yakubu Dogara was the Speaker of the 8th Assembly from 2015 to 2019.
According to Channels TV, Dogara made this clarification while speaking at the two-day House of Representatives open week celebration in Abuja.
The former speaker said it is important Nigerians allow their Representatives to work and limit the financial demands on them.
According to Dogara, the misconception of huge salaries and allowances by Nigerians has given the National Assembly a negative image where they are called thieves even at public fora.
As usual, Nigerians took to the comment section on X and shared their opinion on former Reps take home pay. TimesNow.com.ng captured some of their reactions below;
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Listen to Dogara’s speech below;
In another development, TimesNow.com.ng reported that Yakubu Dogara said that the unused foreign currency stashed away in private safes can be released by the government to help stabilise the weak naira.
According to him, as long as we don’t lose our desire for US dollar, the currency of choice for many Nigerians, there isn’t really anything to lose.
He said that Nigerians no longer regard their money as a store of value, and the government must move swiftly to win back their confidence.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
