Kwara: Saraki Tackles Abdulrazaq Over Stoppage Of Pension, Entitlements |The Source

By Akinwale Kasali

Former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, who was, also, a former two-time Governor of Kwara State, has tackled the Kwara State Governor, Abdulraham Abdulrazaq over his announcement on Friday that the State would discontinue the payment of pensions and other entertainments to former Governors and their Deputies.

Abdulrazaq said it was  to avail his Government of more funds to attend to pressing financial needs.

But Saraki has cried foul, dismissing the proposed plan as fake, insisting that the payment of pensions and other entitlement were stopped since 2018 by the Government of  Abdulrazaq’s successor.

In a  tweet, Governor Abdulrazaq said the State needs all the Resources it can get to improve  human capital Development.

“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.

“Our state needs all the resources it can get to improve our human capital development”, he tweeted.

A number of States, including Imo, and most recently, Lagos, had stopped the payment of Pensions and other entitlements to former Governors and their Deputies.