Checkout How Much President Buhari Will Earn In Four Years

President Buhari is doing all he could  to actualize his campaign promise of reducing the huge cost of governance to free funds for the delivery of democracy dividends, President Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy, Professor Yemi Osinbajo have slashed their salaries by 50 per cent.

With this Buhari and Osinbajo will earn half of what former President Goodluck Jonathan and former Vice President Namadi Sambo, earned.

The current annual remuneration of the President of Nigeria as published by the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, is N14,058,820.00.

This means Buhari, henceforth, will earn N7,029,410 a year or N28,117,640 in four years to formalize the process, the leaders have written to the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to intimate it of the new development.

According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the letter detailing the presidential decision was delivered by the Permanent Secretary of the State House, Mr. Nebolisa Emodi.

With reference number PRES/81/SGF/17, Emodi in the letter said, “I write to forward the completed IPPIS registration form of Mr. President and to draw your kind attention to Mr. President’s directive that only 50 per cent of his salary be paid to him”.

The move is expected to be emulated by a host of Nigerian leaders in due course.

Vanguard