Lagos State is to repeal public officers’ pension law that allows all
former governors and deputy governors in the state to be paid pension
and other benefits.
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the promise during a budget estimate
presented to the Lagos State House of Assembly in Lagos on Tuesday.
“We will be sending an executive bill in a couple of weeks to this
honourable house to repeal the pension law.
“This pension law is for pension paid to former public officers such as
the former governors and former deputy governors
“The repeal of the act is due to the dwindling revenue to the state
government’s account,” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Lagos House of
Assembly passed a pension bill for erstwhile governors and their
deputies.
According to this law, the governor is entitled to a N30 million pension
annually, a house in Lagos and Abuja, six brand new cars every three
years, medical allowances in any part of the world, and other
allowances.
Late Tunde Buraimoh, a former Spokesman for the Lagos State House of
Assembly, once told NAN that the house would not stop such payment in
spite of a Federal High Court’s decision stopping the payment across the
states.
The decision of the Federal High Court in Lagos directing the
Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to review pension
laws of various states was a sequel to a suit filed by SERAP.
The House of Assembly in Zamfara had repealed the state’s pension law in
response to the court’s ruling. (NAN)