RMAFC reacts to reports of salary increase for Tinubu and public servants
By Jude-Ken Ojinnaka
Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has reacted to the media reports making waves by denying that it has approved the increment of salaries of political office-holders, judicial and public office holders by 114 percent.
In debunking the reports, RMAFC Public Relations Officer, Christian Nwachukwu, in an interview with an Abuja-based Newspaper, said President Bola Tinubu has not given approval for the increment of salaries of public servants.
Recall that a Federal Commissioner in the Commission, Rakiya Tanko-Ayuba had made the salary increment remark when she represented RMAFC chairman, Mohammad Shehu, at the presentation of the reports of the reviewed remuneration package to Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, in Birnin Kebbi, on Tuesday.
Tanko-Ayuba had reportedly said that implementation of the reviewed remuneration packages was effective from January 1, 2023, a claim that has been strongly denied by the Commission’s spokesman.
“Not my chairman. Not my chairman. My chairman has never made any statement on it. And I have not made any statement on it. No statement from chairman, no statement from me. So, I don’t know. I heard one of the Commissioners said it. I don’t want to be quoted,” the RMAFC spokesperson strongly denied.
“No approval yet. There is no approval yet. I don’t know the source of that story. Everything is under the process. It has to come as a Bill for Mr President to assent.
“The President has not given assent. Until the President gives assent, you cannot take it as if it has taken effect. You know that. You are a journalist.
“I don’t want to be quoted wrongly. The President has not given assent to it. It is still under the process,” Nwachukwu was quoted as saying.
When asked if the National Assembly has begun work on the proposal, he said: “it will be sent to National Assembly. Whichever way, whether it has been sent or not, the President has not assented to it. All those legislative process has to be completed; finally, it will land on Mr President’s table for assent. That has not been completed.”, Nwachukwu maintained.