Dele Alake Refutes Report of 114% Salary Increase For Political Office Holders, Others

Hamilton Nwosa
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Dele Alake Refutes Report of 114% Salary Increase For Political Office Holders, Others

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Following reports that President Bola Tinubu has approved a 114% increment for the President, Vice President, and other political office holders, the Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications & Strategy, Dele Alake has dismissed these claims as unfounded.

Alake in a statement he personally signed, said that no salary increment proposal was brought before the president for consideration nor does he recall President Tinubu approving any salary increment since assumption of office.

According to Alake, the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, has responded in the same vein through its Public Relations Manager to the widely circulated reports which he said was fake.

While urging journalists, media managers, and bloggers to cross-check their stories to ensure accurate reportage, Alake said, stories on government activities and policy issues that do not emanate from approved official communication channels should be ignored.

In his words, “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.”

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