Following fresh criticisms which have trailed the revelation that every senator receives about N13.5 million on a monthly basis, as running costs, the Senate has said there is nothing new about the disclosure as the figures have already been made public in the budget of the National Assembly.
Senator Shehu Sani (Kaduna APC) in an interview with a magazine, was quoted as saying that the figure is in addition to the over N700,000 monthly consolidated salaries and allowances accruing to each senator.
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