Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has spurned reports suggesting that it has approved the increment of salaries of politicians, judicial and public office holders by 114 percent, saying it did not make such an approval.
Public relations officer for the commission, Christian Nwachukwu, told LEADERSHIP newspaper in an exclusive chat that President Tinubu has not given approval for increment of public servants’ remunerations.
It would be recalled that Rakiya Tanko-Ayuba, a federal commissioner, had made the remarks when he represented RMAFC chairman, Mohammad Shehu at the presentation of the reports of the reviewed remuneration package to Kebbi State governor Nasir Idris on Tuesday.
Tanko-Ayuba reportedly said that implementation of the reviewed remuneration packages was effective from January 1, 2023, a claim the the commission’s spokesman strongly refuted.