The 10th Senate has accused former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo of peddling falsehood against federal lawmakers in both chambers of the National Assembly.

Senator representing Ekiti South and Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Yemi Adaramodu made the declaration in a statement on Sunday.

The Senate spokesperson reaction was on the heels of allegation by the former President that the Senate and House of Representatives members fixed their salaries independently, without recourse to the agency statutorily empowered, the the Revenue Mobilization Fiscal Allocation Commission.

Senator Adaramodu who maintained that there was no iota of truth in the allegation noted that; the Senate receives only the salary allocated constitutionally by the Revenue Mobilization Fiscal Allocation Commission.

While challenging Obasanjo to substantiate his claim, Senator Adaramodu equally dismissed the allegation of financial patronage from the Presidency, as he clarified that; no Senator has received any monetary patronage from the Presidency.

According to the Senate spokesperson statement, the Nigerian Senate is petrified by the tattling story of determining its own salaries and receiving a special fiscal package from the Presidency adding that the sordid and telltale assertion was amplified during a visit of a group of House of Representatives members to the former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

The Senate received only the salary allocated constitutionally by the Revenue Mobilization Fiscal Allocation Commission and therefore, challenged anyone who is privileged, either in qualified or absolute position to bring forth any contrary fact. 

It informed the unsuspecting public that no Senator has received any monetary patronage from the Presidency saying that the mischievously touted consistency projects are not for the legislators but are only suggested and nominated by the Legislators in accordance with the practice in other Democracies worldwide.