{"id":96517,"date":"2022-06-29T14:48:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T13:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=96517"},"modified":"2022-06-29T14:48:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T13:48:55","slug":"muhammad-gets-n2-26b-severance-pay-amid-senate-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/muhammad-gets-n2-26b-severance-pay-amid-senate-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Muhammad gets N2.26b severance pay amid Senate probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Tanko Muhammad will get N2.26 billion severance package as a former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), a post from which he resigned on health grounds on Monday amid corruption allegations against him now under Senate investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The package is broken down as N2.25 billion as benefits and N10.08 million gratuity, which is 300 per cent of his annual basic salary of N3.36 million. Besides, he will get pension for life.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The National Judicial Council (NJC) will also build a mansion for him in Abuja or any city of his choosing and provide money for the furnishing.<\/p>\n<p>The NJC recommended N2.5 billion payment to Muhammad\u2019s predecessor Walter Onnoghen when he retired in 2019, just as Alfa Belgore who retired as CJN in 2007\u00a0 was paid about N2.8 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Like Governors, a retired CJN is entitled to at least four domestic staff and sundry allowances such as for accommodation, utilities, entertainment, medical, security, furniture, and vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>The remuneration and severance package of political, public, and judicial officers are published on the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) website but the full detail of allowances is not.<\/p>\n<p>Muhammad will get the financial package based on Section 291 (2) and (3a-c) of the Constitution as well as Section 2 of the Pensions Rights of Judges Act.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tanko Muhammad will get N2.26 billion severance package as a former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), a post from which he resigned on health grounds on Monday amid corruption allegations&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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