Abia North Senator Orji Kalu has said he earns a total of N14 million monthly in running costs, salary and allowances.
Mr Kalu, a former governor of Abia State and member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), however, said the N14 million monthly pay is not enough to buy fuel for his cars and manage the affairs of his constituency offices in a country where a worker’s minimum wage is N70,000.
The senator said this in an interview with Channels Television on Thursday.
“Getting so much from where? If you had told me, I would have brought the statement of my account from the Senate. I earn N14 million for everything in a month. That is everything encompassing, my salary, the overhead, the workers’ salary and everything and everybody.
“No, it’s not. Let me be honest with you. Do you know this money I have to buy fuel, I have to travel to my constituency, I have to maintain constituency office, I have to sit in the constituency, it’s not enough,” Mr Kalu…