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An average senator, whose monthly pay is put at N 2.45 million, earns more than a civil servant's minimum wage per hour, taking home not less than N20,000, an excess of N2,000 above the contentious new minimum wage. The case is the same for members of the House of Reps who pocket at least N1.27 million per month, making it N14,000 every hour, falling behind the least-paid civil servant with only N4,000 per month.
An average senator, whose monthly pay is put at N 2.45 million, earns more than a civil servant's minimum wage per hour, taking home not less than N20,000, an excess of N2,000 above the contentious new minimum wage. The case is the same for members of the House of Reps who pocket at least N1.27 million per month, making it N14,000 every hour, falling behind the least-paid civil servant with only N4,000 per month.