By Nicholas Ojo
The chairman of Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Mohammed Shehu, has said the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) earn more than the President of Nigeria.
Shehu, who disclosed this on Thursday while featuring on the Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme, said that some public servants earn higher salaries than President Muhammadu Buhari.
RMAFC boss also listed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) as government-owned enterprises with salary structures outside of the mainstream public service salary structure.
He said: “The salary of Mr President is not up to N1,300,000 a month, the allowances of the President are factored into that salary.
“In 2008, that was considered a big money but now, there are people in the private sector and public sector that earn twice, three times, four times.
“What I was saying at that time is that no public servant should earn salaries bigger than Mr President’s, but we do have public servants that earn bigger than Mr President: NCC, NIMASA, NPA, Central Bank,” he said.
Shehu disclosed that some government officials get as high as N500 million as their severance package, while the president is entitled to only N10m after his tenure.
While proposing the regularisation of the salary schemes for the civil service, she said no public official should earn more than the President.