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General News of Wednesday, 1 April 2020

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Buhari and Osinbajo have been donating half of their salaries before coronavirus - Adesina

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Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, has revealed why his principal is not donating half of his salary to the fight against COVID-19.

Adesina made this known while speaking on Channels TV where he was asked why the President and his vice are not donating half of their salary towards the course jut like the Senate and the Hosue of Representatives.

In response, Adesina stated that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd,), and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, have been donating half of their salary since the inception of their regime in 2015.

On if they will be donating half of what's left towards the fight against COVID-19, Adesina said, “I can’t say for sure; the members of the federal cabinet are donating 50 per cent of their March salaries.”

“Already, the Vice President and the President are earning 50 per cent. Right from the beginning of the administration (the first term), they had elected to earn half of the salaries they should earn … to ask them to do more will be a voluntary thing."