Information reaching Greenbarge Reporters has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to receive his June salary, even as he has slashed the salary by 50 percent.
Inside sources said that the President was heard responding to his close aides who openly complained of having not yet received their salaries that he too had not received his.
It was gathered that the President had deliberately waited to make the 50 percent cut in his salary and that of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as a way of streamlining the new salary structure of the Presidential political appointees before the voucher for the payment of the salaries is prepared.
A statement today by senior special assistant to President Buhari on media and publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu said that the President had already directed the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) to effect the salary cut.
The message was contained in a letter to the SGF office from the Permanent Secretary of the State House, Mr. Nebolisa Emodi.
The letter begins with: “I write to forward the completed IPPIS registration form of Mr. President and to draw your kind attention to Mr. President’s directive that only 50% of his salary be paid to him.”
The current annual remuneration of the President of Nigeria, as published by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, is 14,058,820.00 Naira (about $70,000).
President Buhari had earlier turned down a proposal to buy new cars for his use, saying that he would stick to the vehicles which former President Goodluck Jonathan left behind.
The proposal from the Aso Rock bureaucracy is for Buhari to approve the purchase of five customised armoured Mercedes Benz S-600 (V222) cars of about 400 million Naira.
It was learnt that President Buhari rejected the proposal on Wednesday when he received briefings from the Permanent Secretary (State House), Nebolisa Emodi.
He had, during his campaign, promised to cut down cost of governance in the face of low crude oil price since the nation depends more on crude exportation for revenue.
