The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has refuted a media allegation that it had approved a 114% pay increase for political, judicial, and public officeholders.
RMAFC Public Relations Officer Christian Nwachukwu stated that President Bola Tinubu has not approved salary increases for public personnel.
Rakiya Tanko-Ayuba, a Federal Commissioner in the Commission, made the comment while representing RMAFC chairman Mohammad Shehu at the presentation of the revised remuneration package reports to Kebbi State Governor Nasir Idris on Tuesday in Birnin Kebbi.
Tanko-Ayuba allegedly stated that the implementation of the evaluated remuneration packages would begin on January 1, 2023, a claim fiercely rejected by the Commission’s spokeswoman.
“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 told our Correspondent while denying the Commissioner’s assertion.
“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 said.
Asked if the National Assembly has begun work on the proposal, he said: “it will be sent to the 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.”
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When our correspondent inquired if this meant that the news of wage increases going around was false, Nwachukwu responded: “just take it the way you understand it so that you don’t quote me anyhow.”
When asked if the RMAFC had sent the executive bill to the National Assembly for consideration, Nwachukwu merely stated, “everything is under process.”
