Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Sunday, July 12, 2015

Leading by example?

According to very recent reports, Nigerian President Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo are taking voluntary salary reductions.

The reports are so recent, they haven't appeared in any online major news sites.

Nigeria’s Buhari takes 50% annual salary cut

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered his yearly salary to be slashed by some 50 percent to reflect current economic realities in Africa's top energy earner…

A statement issued by Nebolisa Emodi, permanent secretary of State House, noted that, following the decision, the president would henceforth receive a yearly salary of some 14 million Nigerian naira (roughly $70,000).

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Emodi went on to note, had “similarly given up half of his official remuneration."…

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