Prof. Itse Sagay, chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, has told Senate President Ahmad Lawan to stop misleading Nigerians, that Senators earned 15m monthly and not N750,000 as claimed by the Senate President.
Sagay said Nigerians were more concerned about much Senators take home monthly in salaries and allowances.
He said: "I respect and like him (Lawan), but what he has done is to give half-truth. He is telling us the actual salary without mentioning anything about the allowances.
"That is where the jumbo pay comes in, when you talk of building, furniture, domestic this or that, 15 items and those items alone bring everything up to N13.5m a month. So, simply mentioning the bare salary, which brings it to over N14m, is not sufficient"
He also added that the ordinary members of the National Assembly doesn't earn much as presiding officers
