STATE HOUSE PRESS STATEMENT

NO PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL FOR SALARY INCREASE FOR POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDERS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS


We have followed with consternation the viral story of the purported 114% increase in the salary of the President, Vice President, elected Federal and State political office holders and judicial officers.

We state without any equivocation that President Bola Tinubu has not approved any salary increase, and no such proposal has been brought before him for consideration.

While we recognise that it is within the constitutional remit of Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission to propose and fix salaries and allowances of political office holders and Judicial Officers, such can not come to effect until it has equally been considered and approved by the President.

It is important to note that RMAFC, through its Public Relations Manager, has responded to this fake story being circulated and has already set the record straight.

However, that this unfounded story gained prominence on social media and in a section of mainstream media, again, brings to the fore the danger fake news poses to the society and our national well-being. The misinformation was, obviously, contrived to create ill-will for the new administration, slow down the upward momentum and massive goodwill the Tinubu-led administration is currently enjoying among Nigerians as a result of its fast paced, dynamic and progressive policies.

It is important to reiterate to journalists, media managers, and members of the public that stories on government activities and policy issues that do not emanate from approved official communication channels should be ignored.

Media practitioners are enjoined to, at all times, cross-check their stories to ensure accurate reportage, which is the hallmark of responsible journalism.

Dele Alake
Special Adviser, Special Duties, Communications & Strategy

June 22, 2023

Ndi zombies how far? Guess this was what you guys were vehemently defending as a sweet policy inherited by the previous government hence must be enjoyed by the emilokan heroin cum cocaine sniffing criminal? See how destructive being a mummified zombism can be?

Obidients were not behind nothing...the announcement was made by an RMAFC official...and naturally the press reported it.

Next time, government agencies should always have a designated policy spokeperson.

nairalanda1:
Obidients were not behind nothing...the announcement was made by an RMAFC official...and naturally the press reported it.Next time, government agencies should always have a designated policy spokeperson.

You dey mind the lying, scammer, fraudster and propaganda of a government? Once matter don cast for them, they prime their online zombies to resort to blame game and shift blame from them. The news was even carried by the northern own Daily Trust newspaper;

FG Approves 114% Salary Increase For Tinubu, Shettima, Govs, Others
https://dailytrust.com/fg-approves-114-salary-increase-for-tinubu-shettima-govs-others/

The agbadorian cum cassava munching crew cant dare raise their voices towards the slave masters but busy barking @ the wrong tree. What a lame and senseless attempts to do damage control.

They will now go ahead and approve it without noise, Tinubu govt will be the worse govt ever

Dollar is N813 today


Dey play

Hmmmmmm!
Nah God hand we dey like this o.