The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to immediately suspend a proposed salary increase for political office holders, including the president, vice-president, governors, their deputies, and lawmakers.
The organisation, in a letter dated August 23, 2025, signed by SERAP Deputy Director Kolawole Oluwadare, labelled the proposal as “patently unlawful and unconstitutional.”
It urged Tinubu to direct the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission to halt the pay rise, which it argues violates Nigeria’s Constitution and international human rights obligations.
SERAP also called on the President and Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, to comply with a 2021 Federal High Court ruling by Justice Chuka Austine Obiozor, which mandated the RMAFC to review and reduce lawmakers’ salaries to reflect Nigeria’s economic realities.