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Chris Ngige, the minister of labor and employment in Nigeria, has disclosed that his net income as a minister is N942,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The minister stated that the existing national minimum salary of N30,000 has to be raised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Monday, May 1, he revealed this when speaking on Politics Today on Channels Television.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He continued by saying that the only allowances available to ministers when they travel for business are duty allowances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He stated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy salary is N942,000 a month. My salary with my PA \u2014 gross total after tax \u2014 my feeding, my transport, the transport of one PA, the salary of my gardener, my cook, they are all consolidated. After heavy taxation, they pay me N942,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy salary is N942,000 a month. My salary with my PA \u2014 gross total after tax \u2014 my feeding, my transport, the transport of one PA, the salary of my gardener, my cook, they are all consolidated. After heavy taxation, they pay me N942,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEvery minister you see, that is what it is; special advisers earn around that amount too. The allowances are not anything, we don\u2019t have any allowances except if you travel. You can get duty tour allowance like every other public officer,\u201d Ngige said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that the travel allowance the ministers receive was recently reviewed alongside that of permanent secretaries among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt 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\u2019s own was reviewed, not only our own.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"