JUST IN: Kwara Govt To Scrap Pension For Ex-Governors, Deputies

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has announced that his administration will scrap the payment of pension to former governors and former deputy governors in the state.

Naija News reports that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had also disclosed plans to abolish the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007) in Lagos State.

Sanwo-Olu dropped the hint on Tuesday when he appeared before the Lagos State House Of Assembly to present the state 2021 budget estimates.

“Mr. Speaker and Honourable Members of the House, in light of keeping the costs of governance low and to signal selflessness in public service, we will be sending a draft executive bill to the House imminently for the repeal of the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007), which provides for payment of pension and other entitlements to former Governors and their Deputies.” the Governor said.

In a statement issued in Ilorin, Governor Abdulrazaq’s Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye, stated that Governor Abdulrazaq would send a bill to the State House of Assembly next week, requesting the lawmakers to immediately repeal the law awarding pension packages to governors and their deputies in Kwara.

“The governor has listened to voices of the majority of the citizens opposing the pension law for former governors and deputy governors.

“As representatives of the people, the lawmakers would exercise their discretion to call a public hearing on the topic to further harvest wider opinions on the topic,” Ajakaye said.

“However, the governor feels it is time for the law as it is to give way. He would rather the state commits the scarce public funds to tackling the question of poverty and youth unemployment,” he added.