Special Adviser on Digital Media to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Mr. Dada Olusegun, has denied claims making the rounds of a purported 114 per cent pay rise for President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, state governors, judges and political aides.
Olusegun gave the denial, on Wednesday night, through his official Twitter handle.
Recall that a Federal Commissioner in the Commission, Rakiya Tanko-Ayuba had, on Tuesday, in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State, made the salary increment remark when she represented RMAFC chairman, Mohammad Shehu, at the presentation of reports of the reviewed remuneration package to Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, in Birnin-Kebbi, on Tuesday.
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Tinubu’s media aide’s response is coming amid speculations of a purported 114 per cent salary increment for the President, Vice President, Governors, Judges and political aides.
But Mr. Olusegun, in his tweet wrote that, “Ignore the lies from certain media outlets claiming the FG approved a 114 per cent salary increase for political aides. Fake news cannot and will never win”, he wrote.
Collaborating Olusegun’s position, the Public Relations Officer of RMAFC, Mr. Christian Nwachukwu, said that President Tinubu did not approve salary increments for politically-exposed persons.
