Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq says he will send a bill, requesting the lawmakers to immediately repeal the law awarding pension packages to former governors and former deputy governors to the State House of Assembly next week.
This is coming barely days after the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu also made a similar request to the Lagos State House of Assembly.
“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.
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“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 the state commits the scarce public funds to tackle the question of poverty and youth unemployment,” according to a statement on Friday by his Chief Press Secretary Rafiu Ajakaye.
