The minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige has disclosed the sum of money he receives as salary after the deduction of taxes.
Ngige said he receives the sum of nine hundred and forty two thousand naira, N942,000 every month after the deduction of taxes.
He said he does not collect any allowance except when he’s on official trips.
“My salary is N942,000 a month. That is my salary with My PA. Gross total after-tax — my feeding, my transport, the transport of one PA, the salary of my gardener, my cook,” the labour minister said.
“They are all consolidated. After huge taxation, they paid me N942,000. Every minister you see, that is what you will see. The special advisers get around that amount too.
“The allowances are not anything. We don’t have any allowances except if you travel, you can get duty tour allowance, like every other public officer.”
He added that the federal government has looked into the allowances which ministers, permanent secretaries and others receive when they are on trips.
“It was reviewed to N100,000 for a minister, and I think ministers of states, N75,000; permanent secretaries, N70,000, and down the line. Level one, everybody else’s own was reviewed, not only our own,” he said.
He said the outgoing administration of President Muhammadu Buhari would not augment worker’s salaries before it hands over on May 29.
He said the incoming government to be led by the president elect Senator Bola Tinubu would look into issues concerning workers salaries.
“I’m sure that the incoming government of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will tow the same line and do the necessary fixing. He is a finance manager. He managed the finances of Lagos very well. He paid the salaries that needed to be paid and even add the extra payment for the judicial workers in Lagos. I have no fear about that at all,” Ngige said.
“The point is that job creation is a cross-cutting thing. It is not only for the public sector to do,” he said.
“Everybody has it in mind that it is the government that creates jobs. If we don’t work in a federal ministry or government agency, we have not got a job. No, the private sector is there.”