N13m Monthly Pay Not Enough for a Senator —Okorocha

Former governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha has canvassed for one senator per state as against three being produced by every state of the federation.

Okorocha disclosed this in Abuja on Monday, 20 September, while addressing the press on his 59th birthday celebration. 

The former governor, however, noted that a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria should earn more than N13m monthly pay.

Despite public outcry over the jumbo pay being received by the members of the National Assembly, Rochas Okorocha has said the about N13 million currently being earned as salary and allowances by each senator is not enough to do the job the lawmakers are saddled with.

The News reports that Okorocha spoke at a media parley with the FCT chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), entitled, conversation with Rochas Okorocha at 59: Award of Icon of service and philanthropy, on Monday, 20 September.

He said a senator’s salary is about N2 million with a housing allowance of N3 million and other allowances amounting to about N11 million.

Okorocha had argued for the reduction in the number of senators elected from each state from the present three to one. 

He said: “But, that is not enough because if we have a senator, we should pay him well to do the job because he has no other job unless we want to make it part-time.” 

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