Kwara Governor Moves To Stop Bogus Pension For Saraki, Others

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has expressed his readiness to 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.

A statement issued on Friday by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye said majority of the citizens are opposing the pension law

“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,” he noted.

“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 tackling the question of poverty and youth unemployment.”
The repealing of the bill will affect the President of 8th Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki who served as Kwara governor from 2003 to 2011, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed (2011-2019) and others.