Do Nigerian Legislators Earn The Highest Income In The World? NO!

Do Nigerian legislators earn the highest income in the World? No, they dont, says the Director-General of National Institute for Legislative Studies, NILS Dr Ladi Hamalai.
It is much more expensive to maintain legislators in the United states of America, USA Congress and United Kingdom, UK Parliament than in Nigeria she said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.


``We calculated the salaries of the legislator in the US Congress plus his personal aides; just this two will amount to almost N254 million in a year.

``Now this is exclusive of budget for maintaining the office. They also have claims, re-imbursables.

``You travel to do a town hall meeting - these are eligible claims. So it is not really cheap maintaining the congress in the U.S.

``Let’s even look at the UK Parliament. By the time you calculate all the expenses, it will cost between N90 and N100 million to maintain a UK parliamentarian.Read the full story HERE