According to reports, a whooping N12, 967, 600,000 may have been spent in two months to maintain National Assembly members, who were inaugurated on June 9, it has been learnt.
The 109 senators got N36.4 million each; the 360 members of the House of Representatives received N25 million each, according to The Nation.
The Senators and the representatives were first paid N10milion each in June to ‘cushion’ the difficulty of settling down in Abuja.
The amount, which was to cover their expenses on housing, transport and furniture, cost the public about N4.6billion.
In July, under a pro-rata arrangement for quarterly allowance covering June, Senators got N13. 4 million each and representatives, N7million each.
Since their inauguration, the legislators have gone on recess three times. Before going on break last Thursday, Senators got N13 million each and representatives, N8 million. They have yet to pass a bill since they began sitting in June.
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