The Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has clarified that the 114 per cent upward review in the salaries of President, Vice President, Governors, Lawmakers, Judicial and Public office holders is still a proposal.
RMAFC is empowered by sections 84 and 124 of the 1999 constitution as amended to determine the appropriate remuneration for political officeholders including the president, vice president, governors, deputy governors, ministers, commissioners, special advisers, legislators and the holders of the offices.
RMAFC chairman, Muhammadu Shehu was reacting to issues associated with the upward review of salaries of public office holders while presenting reports of the reviewed remuneration package to Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State on Tuesday.
Represented by Rakiya Tanko-Ayuba, a federal commissioner in the commission, Shehu said having considered the impact of the review on the economy, the remuneration of the political, public and judicial office holders in the country was adjusted “upward by 114%.”
The chairman explained that for the judicial office holders, the commission considered the introduction of three new allowances.
The proposal, which was developed during ex-President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure, needs the approval of 2/3 of states assemblies before it is presented to the President for assent.
Shehu was reported to have urged the 36 states’ Houses of Assembly to hasten efforts on amendment of relevant laws to enable for upward review of remuneration packages for political, judicial and public officers.
However, Christian Chukwu, RMAFC Public Relations Officer said the commission only begun the review process in February 2023.“
The truth of the matter is that the review is just like what we do in the revenue allocation formula, it takes some process.
We had a general public hearing which took place in February and the story flying is that it took place in January 2023.
How can it take effect in January when we started the process in February?
“The process involves sending it to the president after the review.
The president will forward it to the National Assembly, the National Assembly after deliberation will now send it back to the president for assent then it becomes law.
“Therefore, the process has not been completed contrary to reports. You will hear from the RMFAC when it is completed, but for now, we are still in the process of reviewing the salary structure,” he said.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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