“N29Million Monthly Not Enough” – Senator Ishaku

“I had a case of just one person I took to the hospital; I spent N14 million on one person.

“And every month, from all over Adamawa State and other states, my office was besieged with people looking for help.

“I had to start calling some state governors to help me with cases that are being brought from their states into my office.”

Abbo further alleged that some state governors go home with up to N1 billion for state responsibilities.

“From N14 million, I was paying for people’s scholarships, subsiding people’s expenses while a state governor in this country is going home with over N700 million security vote every month, some go home with N1 billion to do other security issues,” he said.

“I am poorer, much poorer as a man when I became a politician than I was before I became a politician,” Abbo added.

According to PUNCH, the remuneration of Nigerian lawmakers has long been a contentious issue, sparking debates across the country and beyond.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo recently chided the federal lawmakers for fixing their salaries and emoluments.

The Senate, however, refuted the claims by Obasanjo, stating that they were lies.

The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission also stated that each of the 109 senators in the upper chamber receives a total of N1.06m in salary and allowances per month.