In response to the proposed pay increase for senior government officials, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has promised to sue President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

Recall that the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission had advocated raising the starting pay for those holding judicial and political office.

This information was provided by the commission’s chairman, Alhaji Muhammadu Shehu, who was present to present the state governor, Dr. Nasir Idris, with the updated compensation package for those holding political and judicial office on Tuesday in Birnin Kebbi.

The planned pay increase would benefit the president, his vice president, parliamentarians, judges, and the 36 state governors.

In a tweet on its Twitter account, SERAP responded by calling the salary increases absurd and lamented the fact that more than 133 million Nigerians are currently living in extreme poverty.

The tweet reads, “We’re suing the Tinubu administration over its outrageous and illegal 114 per cent increase in the salaries of the President, vice president, state governors and lawmakers, while over 133 million Nigerians live in extreme poverty”.