Each of their deputies will receive a total of N6.34m as severance allowance at the end of their tenures on May 29. Each state lawmaker is entitled to 300 per cent of their annual basic salary as severance allowance. Cross River State has only four non-returning lawmakers who will go home with N17.36m while Rivers State produced only three non-returning state lawmakers who will get N13.02m. Severance allowance is paid to political office holders at the end of their tenure. These include motor fuelling allowance, furniture allowance, newspaper allowance, hardship allowance and a host of others.

Source: Punch April 20, 2019 00:22 UTC