Lawan also claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari had surpassed his predecessors in terms of legislative assent.

He stated this in a  paper presented at the First Distinguished Parliamentarians Lecture Series organized by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies.

The President of the Senate said the monthly Salary of a Senator was N1.5 million while that of a member of the House of Representatives was N1.3 million.

He said the N13 million was thrown into the public space a few years back as the monthly salary of a senator was their quarterly office-running allowance.

Lawan said, “The total salary of a member of the Senate is about N1.5m while that of the House of Representatives is about N1.3m.

“The quarterly office allowance for legislators is what is erroneously conflicted with a monthly income to create confusion and mislead Nigerians.

“The average office running cost for a senator is about N13m while that of a member of the House of Representatives is N8m.”

When calculated by our correspondent, the N13m office running cost for a senator amounts to N52m per annum while the N8m for a member of the House of Representatives amounts to N32m in a year.

Lawan’s lecture was titled, ‘The Legislature, Legislative Mandate, and People – The Reality and the Public Perception.’

He said that the N13 million and N8 million quarterly office-running costs for members of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, were the lowest in the world.

His allowances cover expenses such as local/international travel, professional consultation, medical services, office stationery/computers, consumables, books, periodicals, magazines, and motor vehicle and office equipment maintenance, among other things.