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| Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq |
Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, like Lagos State on Friday aid that he would submit a bill to the State House of Assembly to repeal the law granting former governors and their deputies pensions.
Abdulrazaq, who announced this in a series of tweets, said that the state needs the tools to boost the production of human capital.
Next week, I will submit a bill to the State House of Assembly to repeal the law granting pension packages to former governors and former deputy governors in Kwara State, in line with our campaign mantra and the yearnings of our citizens.
In order to boost our production of human capital, our state needs all the support it can get. "I think that our scarce resources are best spent on resolving the problem of poverty and youth unemployment," he said.
Recall that the Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu had announced plans to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007), which provides for payment of pension and other entitlements to former governors, deputies and categories of public workers.
Giving reasons, Sanwo-olu opined: “Mr. Speaker and 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.
“It is our firm belief that with dwindling revenues and the appurtenant inflationary growth rates that we need to come up with innovative ways of keeping the costs of governance at a minimum while engendering a spirit of selflessness in public service.”
In line with our campaign mantra and the yearnings of our people, next week I will be sending a bill to the State House of Assembly to revoke the law awarding pension packages to former governors and former deputy governors in Kwara State.
— Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq (@RealAARahman) November 13, 2020
In line with our campaign mantra and the yearnings of our people, next week I will be sending a bill to the State House of Assembly to revoke the law awarding pension packages to former governors and former deputy governors in Kwara State.
— Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq (@RealAARahman) November 13, 2020
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