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Dariye’s pay rises to N171m in prison




The former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, continues to receive the N750, 000 salary and N13.5m monthly running cost from the National Assembly, 11 months after his conviction by a Federal Capital Territory High Court,CLARONET can report.

This implies that his total earnings have risen from N85.5m in November last year to N171.1m in May.

The sum is separate from a severance package he is supposed to receive as an outgoing member of the National Assembly.

The payment to the account of the convicted lawmaker has continued despite a lawsuit filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project before a Federal High Court in Lagos to “stop the Senate President Bukola Saraki from paying former Plateau State governor, Senator Joshua Dariye, N14.2 million monthly allowances while he serves out a 10-year prison sentence for corruption because such payment violates Nigerian law and international obligations.”

Investigations showed that Dariye, who represents Plateau Central Senatorial District, still received the allowances because his seat had yet to be declared vacant by the leadership of the National Assembly.

The senator, who served as governor of Plateau from 1999 to 2007, was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and convicted by Justice Adebukola Banjoko of a  FCT High Court for embezzling N1.162bn.

He was subsequently sentenced to 14 years in prison, but his sentence was reduced to 10 years by the Court of Appeal which upheld his conviction last month.

The Director of Information at the National Assembly, Mr Agada Rawlings, in an interview with our correspondent, explained that constitutionally, Dariye could not be denied the payments.

Rawlings said, “The point there is that his seat has not been declared vacant. You’re looking at the moral side of it but we are looking at the constitutional side. There are two issues that are at stake. Dariye, as of today, is still a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He has not been recalled.


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