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May 12, 2023 President, Governors and Judges got N651m Hazard Allowance
According to the website of the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Allocation Commission(RMFAC), the President,  Muhammadu Buhari and his Vicet Yemi Osinbajo, state governors, and their deputies as weell as Judges across the country have enjoyed about N651.2m hardship allowance in the last eight years of the Buhari administration. The hardship allowance, which is 50 per cent of the annual basic salary, is given to member of the executives and Judiciary. The RMAFC document disclosed that the president is entitled to N1.76m annually as a hardship allowance. This means that within a period of eight years, Buhari would have earned N14.08m as hardship allowance. The Vice President is entitled to N1.52m annually, which means that in eight years, Osinbajo would have earned N12.16m as hardship allowance. While a state governor is entitled to N1.11m annually, a deputy state governor is entitled to N1.06m. In eight years, the hardship allowance of the 36 state governors would have gulped N319.68m while that of their deputies would have gulped N305.28m. In comparison, Nigerians are asking who determines the level of hardship faced by citizens and how they are compensated.

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