My Allowance As Speaker Was N25M, Salary, N400K - Dogara

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara on Wednesday said that his total allowance while he was the Speaker of the House was 25 million naira while his salary was 400 thousand naira.
The clarification Dogara said was necessary following public misconception that members of the National Assembly earn huge salaries and allowances.
Recall that Yakubu Dogara was the Speaker of the 8th Assembly.
While speaking at the two-day House of Representatives open week celebration in Abuja, Dogara said it is important Nigeria’s allow their Representatives to work and limit the financial demands on them.
According to Dogara the misconception of huge salaries and allowances by Nigerians has given the National Assembly a negative image where they are called thieves even at public fora.
“While I was Speaker my salary was 400 thousand Naira and my total allowance was 25 million naira, I told my accountant to open a separate account for the allowances and I never for once took any money out of that account everything that came into that account was used to cater for the needs of constituents.
“My accountant complained of the level of demand on the account and I told him if the money there is finished, borrow, and when money comes it you return to were you had taken money from.
“I am saying this so Nigerians will give their legislatures breathing space and know that the narrative is not true about members’ pay.
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[@nelsonzrh]

Can you imagine, 25M allowance when the Naira had a huge value… Nigerian politicians are a huge curse to the electorates.

[@ck-sl3kt]

shut up! Is legislature not a contract job? Almost all Reps and senators I know are even selling their houses to support constituencies. My constituency has over 4 million people. Imagine a mere N25m for our rep in one year. Nonsense!

[@stellaosuji8799]

@@ck-sl3ktthis is a big time lie my brother. It is 25million naira not 25thousand naira

[@ck-sl3kt]

@@stellaosuji8799 And how many people are in his constituency? Madam please tell me! Some of you are not thinking. What Dogara is telling you is that he better get paid 50,000 naira only but with no person in his constituency than to be paid N25m and have 1 million people in his constituency. If no one is in his constituency he gets his 50,000 naira to spend. But with N25m and a constituency of 1 million people, it average only 25 naira per person. Almost every legislature I know runs the office in debt because the money is way too small to meet constituency needs. It is common sense but many fools in naija will never understand it.

[@Babs_De_Don]

​@@ck-sl3ktJust listen to yourself! What is the primary responsibility of a Law Maker? Are they required to execute constituency projects when they aren't the executive? Are the Law Makers really doing a part-time job? Do you know what a part-time job is? Are they not supposed to receive Sitting Allowances instead of salaries? Unless you are telling us that a Sitting Allowance that is supposed to be moderate, since the main purpose of getting into politics is all about service to the people, has skyrocketed into the tune of 25M. The Law Makers should concentrate on their jobs of law making and thorough oversight while allowing the Executive concentrate on its own and not dabble into project execution under the guise of constituency projects.

[@brunoday-Ok]

Na dust dey your brain 😢​@@ck-sl3kt

[@agomauvietobore8280]

N25m as allowances? Wow. What evident there is that you spent all this money for the progress of your constituent. Show us the project executed in your constituent that can be verified. Am sure there's none. Thieves!!

[@christopheryakubumonday8232]

If you don't know this man, just make enquiries please. I am here to attempt. Because that is my constituency representative you are talking to.

[@thomasassim-ita1787]

Arrant nonsense standing here to advocate for salary increase for representatives when Nigerians don't have enough to feed twice a day. Grifter speaking on behalf of grifters

[@BakoAlhamdu-bx1tt]

Why u don't open up the time you are are in the house of representatives? This is ridiculously

[@cjceejay5261]

That point taken. The truth is what are you going to do now that you know the absurd earnings of your lawmakers? That’s the problem of Nigerians, no courage, no balls. Kenyan people have shown you how reject evil and greed of politicians

[@tobioguntunde8614]

He was not hungry then but now hunger is setting in.

[@oboraoyama6255]

He said his salary was made public when he was speaker

[@veronicakun8263]

You will all vomited all the money to develop Nigeria that you have swallowed. You ruined and destroyed Nigeria and brought proverty, suffering to Nigerians.

[@HopeUche-pi8kk]

Criminals at the top.

[@victornwakaeti5521]

How much was one dollar to a naira as at the time you collected N25mn? You hid your income under allowances and could not even pay tax. You guys are so criminally minded.

[@adeayofe1818]

Dey Play 😢😮😅 N25m allowance????? Kwantiniue

[@alburooj7904]

I had the opportunity to join the federal service as graduate (Degree holder) and served Nigeria for 32 years and retired following statutory age limit of 60 with total pension and gratuity less than the former speaker's allowance for one year [or the duration he was Speaker.]

[@9icegirl555]

Exactly what PO kept harping about! Wealth without enterprise!

[@georgey-b6080]

It's actually 25M MONTHLY, not yearly! That country is done!

[@isahhassan8071]

He said is not take home fund...

[@chaiiitv7442]

I think you're good in Lies

[@idrisshaibu7530]

To me Dogara hasn't say anything, this allowance is it per week, or per month?

[@anthonyajibolaomoruyi8054]

Dogara intentionally left that open, he was only trying to be clever by half in that regard.

[@isaacoalobo1464]

Hamm 😢 Nigeria Nigeria we hail thee

[@olakitan1]

It should not be the Lawmakers job to be doing constituency projects. If government stops giving lawmakers that money, and make it less attractive financially, people would start going for the right reasons instead of primarily for money.

[@9icegirl555]

Most constituents don't even know their reps so, who dem wan hold as most of them rig themselves into office?? The so-called lawmakers don't even get to their said constituents yet they entrust millions to them to do projects! Dem dey keep yam with goat!??🙄 Notin wey anyone wan tell me! If that place wasn't attractive financially, they won't be killing pple to get there!

[@christyn4280]

Why are they choosing to dance around the issues. List for us what you did with the allowance . You gave it to the people in need really ? That's the question. You were given 25 million to use as you wish. And that was how many years ago. And what about the rest of the poor people, what did they get.??????

[@lizzyakpan4729]

God must truly love Nigeria to have her still standing with 25 million Naira monthly allowance allocated to one lawmaker. God alone knows how much the Akpabios collect today. Maybe trillions monthly.

[@goldsmith2461]

Arrant nonsense. The logic here is that the governors are bleeding the nation more than the National Assembly, so nobody has the right to complain. N25 million is a lot to earn by a public official in a month, in an economy like ours, and to say it is even too small as this man is insinuating is an insult on our collective intelligence. Not to talk about the so-called constituency projects, which is a shameless looting of our national treasury.

[@ILIYAMUSA-y7m]

THE SPEAKER OF THE 8TH ASSEMBLY IS A TRUE DEMOCRATS.. NIGERIA 🇳🇬 NEED PEOPLE LIKE YOU SIR....

[@luckyjohnsonnc5267]

we should not allow anyone anyone to bully us....! Imagine 🙄

[@ajayiadekunle.o.6680]

This is quite outrageous, no wonder many people are impoverished, what should have gone round several others is in the hands of few ones!

[@Viralsamy]

Allowance 25million naira, you are steal a theft to have such humongous amount of money and trying to hide the truth

[@GraceLouis-n8z]

And this same people have no shame to publicly speak of such

[@jamestochi978]

Bia Dogara you re saint tiff😂😂

[@BakoAlhamdu-bx1tt]

Why u don't open up the time you are are in the house of representatives? This is ridiculously

[@DonaldPeters-jx4qc]

Better late than never.

[@stellaosuji8799]

@@DonaldPeters-jx4qcof what use is it to Nigerians?

[@vongjennanjul1504]

Vocal Yakubu Dogara

[@BakoAlhamdu-bx1tt]

God blessed you for saying the truth

[@stellaosuji8799]

Of what use is this his truth Nigerians?

[@CboyCboy-ov9ef]

He should have said this when he was in power, this is side service

[@barkatoma]

We don't know how much our lawmakers earn monthly

[@IganbohEbikpogba-dy1lj]

Political theft

[@MarkFolorunso-z3c]

Ours is an awkward democracy. Simple! What the executive should do, the lawmakers are busy doing. Let us embrace regional government with sincerity.

[@JosephAkinrele]

Is it paid by the cows?

[@frankogwu6176]

You earn this much, yet it's difficult for them to accept to pay workers common 250k. I know our labour leaders are complacent and political, but that should be a loophole for govt to pay 60k as minimum wage. It is totally mad to pay less than $200 dollars

[@oc8452]

I wonder if this guys intuitive knowledge cignitive ability is working...can u point out every month project done with 25mil in ur state let alone ur constituency and Bauchi has not become Eldorado? Our stupidity is a cause and disease that affects the cognitive ability. Mr Dogara..u are not a contractor or entrepreneur that will exercute project ,simply know that the money u guys collect every month will run that country aground as it has already done...ur brain must accept that today.

[@larryenobakhare9040]

How about budget padding

[@veraa.9656]

Is it not better to invest the N25m in small scale industries every month that provides jobs to your constituents to make them independent than handout that make them depend on you.

[@BakoAlhamdu-bx1tt]

Why u don't open up the time you are are in the house of representatives? This is ridiculously

[@DonaldPeters-jx4qc]

Better late than never. What about does that are not saying anything both current and former?

[@Oluwambe_AMT]

I think what the citizen frowns at is the misappropriation of these allowances. It should be decentralized and not the other way round......These allowances are not take home but most reps and senators and politicians do turn public fund into personal fund. NOTHING WILL CHABGE UNTIL OUR MINDSET BEGIN TO CHANGE.

[@gbengaayodele5698]

Mammoth of aids for what? Is that how things operate in other societies? Why not replicate how things are done in other climes so all these your explanation will not be necessary? You are only being clever by half Mr Dogara and it is only those who are oblivious of the truth will be convinced by your array of grandiloquent grammars.

[@toniaola1311]

Good thought, Good talk and what is the way forward to 250k minimum wage ❤

[@ogumka1976]

They always talk after they done eating, dead n dumb while in office.

[@muhammadbelloaliyu6479]

Military should come back then

[@eliasimokhai]

People are saying he didn't say while he was in office. But he just said the publishing happened while he was in power abi i no hear well?

[@SylvyOrji]

Nigerians hold you at a very high esteem. You projected your faith in leadership! God bless you Sir!

[@glorygideon3520]

nonsense

[@obafemiadeyemi]

Wicked souls

[@ashestoashes6902]

Story story, story!

[@AloyNnoruka]

Because you are housa man l believe you but and igbo man goes home with all.

[@paulodekina7144]

He is not an hausa man. Pls read about him, and about the geography and ethnic groups of Nigeria

[@stellaosuji8799]

Tribalism????

[@mohammedadamu5042]

I commend you Brother Dogara for speaking this

[@stellaosuji8799]

Do you think is right?

[@oboraoyama6255]

Very true

[@christopheryakubumonday8232]

My constituency representative that worked more than 80% of speakers in Nigeria and its history. God bless you our bulldozer in Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro constituency.