The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission has reaffirmed that political office holders in the nation are not receiving jumbo salaries.

The chairman of the commission, Alhaji Muhammed Shehu, said that political office holders in Nigeria do not earn outrageous emoluments as speculated by Nigerians.

In an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Sunday, he debunked the information about the salary increase, saying it is not true.

This came after Nigerians recently condemned reports on a proposed 114 per cent increase in salaries of political office holders by the commission, amid what they described as biting economic hardships in the country.

Shehu explained that RMAFC is empowered to determine and review the salaries of executive, legislative and judicial officers, adding that their salaries were last reviewed in 2007.

“From 2008 till date there had not been any single review.

“Last year, some individuals took the Federal Government to court. These were some activists concerned about the salaries of judicial officers.

“In the court, the judge ruled that a judge should be paid about N10 million a month, that was the court ruling,” he said.

He further said “We are Nigerians, we are not going to start talking about reviewing salaries of political office holders now because of the challenges that the government is facing.

“As a commission, we are going to do our work but we are not going to say we will do it now.”