JOHN AMEH and SUNDAY ABORISADE
Each member of the House of Representatives earns between N8m and N12m as running cost per month, depending on the flow of funds into the account of the National Assembly, findings by SUNDAY PUNCH revealed on Saturday.
Their counterparts in the Senate, who are just 109 in number, earn a stable sum of N13.5m monthly.
A legislative source confided in SUNDAY PUNCH on Saturday that because of their high number (360), members of the House received slightly lower amount of running cost than senators.
The source said, “For the money to go round, the Reps usually take lower than senators. Depending on the flow of allocation into the account of the National Assembly, the running cost for members is between N9.3m and N12m. There are times though when what is available is N8m.”
A member representing one of the federal constituencies in Ondo State, who spoke…
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