Anti-corruption group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project; BudgIT and Enough is Enough Nigeria have urged the Federal High Court in Lagos to stop the National Assembly Service Commission from paying the incoming members of the 9th National Assembly N4.68bn as take-off allowance.
The suit was filed before the court in Lagos on Friday.
Joined as defendants in the suit are the Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, National Assembly Service Commission and Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission.
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SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, on Sunday, that the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission was statutorily required to review the pay of the lawmakers in conformity with the country’s economic realities and to achieve fiscal efficiency.
But he is not impressed by the failure of the commission to do the downward review of salaries and allowances of members of the National Assembly since 2007.