Kwara Gov Moves To Stop Saraki’s Pension

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has pledged to immediately stop the pension entitlements of his two predecessors, Senator Bukola Saraki and Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed.

The governor in a statement on Friday vowed to forward a bill to the Kwara State House of Assembly to repeal the 2011 law under which Saraki and Ahmed are entitled to pensions as former state governors.

In the statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye, the governor said the legislators should under their procedures call for a public hearing to find out public acceptability of the pension provisions.

He said:

“Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq will next week send a bill to the State House of Assembly requesting the lawmakers to immediately repeal the law awarding pension packages to former governors and former deputy governors.

“The Governor has listened to voices of the majority of the citizens opposing the pension law for former governors and deputy governors. In line with his campaign mantra and as a product of democracy himself, he will be sending a bill to the House of Assembly next week requesting them to repeal the law.

“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.

“However, the Governor feels it is time for the law as it is to give way. He would rather commit scarce public funds to tackle the question of poverty and youth unemployment.”

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