According to the Remuneration Package put together by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal
Commission, President Goodluck Jonathan,
Vice-president Namadi Sambo, non-returning Senators and House of
Representatives members, ministers
and presidential aides will be paid a severance package of about
N3.24bn as their stay in office terminates on May 29th this year.
According to Punch, President Jonathan is
entitled to 300 per cent of his annual basic salary which is
put at N3, 514,705 and therefore his severance allowance will be N10,
544,115 after May 29. This however does not affect his constitutional benefits as a former President.
In the same vein, Vice-President Namadi
Sambo, is entitled to 300 percent of his basic salary which is put at
N3, 031,572.50. This means that his
severance allowance after May 29 is N9, 094,717.50. He is also entitled to his constitutional benefits as a former Vice President.
76 senators who will not be returning to
the National Assembly will be entitled to
N462,019,200 at the expiration of their tenure on June 5. They too are entitled to 300 per cent of their annual basic salaries as severance
allowances. This amounts to N6, 079,200 per senator.
290 members of the House of Representatives will not be returning to the National Assembly. They are entitled to N5,
955,637.50 each as severance allowance. This means that they will be paid N1, 727,134,875.
The ministers, on the other hand, will
be collecting a total of N253, 967,212.5. There are 42 ministers in
Jonathan’s cabinet. Thirty one of them are senior ministers and 11 are
ministers of state.
Each of the senior ministers is entitled
to N6, 079,200 severance allowance while each of the ministers of
state will receive N5, 872,740.
There
are 113 aides who work with the President, Vice President, Office of
the First Lady as special advisers, senior special assistants or special
assistants to
the President. Each of them is entitled to 300 per cent of
their annual basic salary which amounts to N5, 828,625.
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