This is a data showing the salaries of some key office holders in Nigeria as at 1960 and a reviewed Salary outcome of 1966.
Salary at independence in Oct 1960….
£4,500: Prime Minister of the Federation of Nigeria
£3,750: Principal (future VC) of the University College, Ibadan
£3,580: Army Major General & Commissioner
1966 Salary Review Outcome….
Chief Justice of the Federation: £3,600
University professor: £3,000
Federal Ministers: £2,700
Permanent Sec: £2,500 & £2,940
Assistant Lecturer: £950
Federal Civil Service: £720
Source: (SSRG-IJEMS – Volume 6 Issue 6– June 2019)