The huge and large amount being paid as salary
to the country’s legislators, which is ranked the highest in the world,
according to a new study, has attracted criticisms from Nigerians across the
country, including economists and lawyers. The Economist magazine revealed that
Nigerian federal legislators with a basic salary of $189,500 per annum (N30.6m)
were the highest paid lawmakers in the world.
Report gave that; the basic salary (which
excludes allowances) of a Nigerian lawmaker is 116 times the country’s GDP per
person of $1,600. The $189,500 earned annually by each Nigerian legislator is
estimated to be 52 per cent higher than what Kenya legislators, who are the
second highest paid lawmakers, earned.
