How I’ll stop ex-govs, deputies’ pensions – Abdulrazaq

The Kwara state governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has said he would put in place measures to repeal the law that awards pension to all former governors and their deputies that had served in the state.

He stated this Friday in Ilorin in a statement signed by his chief press secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye.

The governor said he would initiate a bill to the House of Assembly that passed the law that former governors and their deputies be paid pension to repeal the law.

The House of Assembly in 2011 passed a bill to pay pensions to governors and their deputies who had completed their tenures.

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Among the state’s past governors are the late Mohammed Lawal, Bukola Saraki, and Abdulfatah Ahmed.

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