A Senator’s Monthly Salary Can Buy 866 Bags of Rice

Have you wondered how much a senator earns in hours? Going by the recent revelation from prominent Senator Shehu Sani, that Nigerian senators are entitled to monthly expenses of N13.5m in addition to their monthly salaries of more than N750, 000 the average a senator goes home annually with is about N156,009,000 per year.

Imagine that your annual take home is N1.2million, which translates N100,000 monthly, it simply means it would take a senator just five hours 37 minutes to earn your monthly salary.

Similarly, if your monthly wage is N480, 000 which is about N4.8million annually, that means it will take a senator 22 hours and 29 minutes to earn your monthly salary.

Also, a senator’s monthly salary can buy 866 bags of rice, while your monthly salary can buy 26 bags of rice.

This computation is a product of an interactive calculator by the BBC.