Senate leader challenges RMAFC to publish lawmakers’ earnings

From Adesuwa Tsan, Abuja
Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, has called on the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to publish the remuneration of all public office holders, including members of the National Assembly, saying greater transparency would end public speculation about lawmakers’ earnings and allowances.
Bamidele said legislators neither determine nor approve their own salaries, stressing that the responsibility rests exclusively with the RMAFC.
Speaking during an interview with journalists in Abuja, he said full disclosure of the earnings of elected and appointed public officials would help Nigerians better understand the realities of public serv...