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Bayelsa House of Assembly on Wednesday approved monthly pensions to speakers, deputy speakers and other members of assembly.

The bill sponsored by the leader of the House, Peter Akpe, which was passed on the floor of the House, approved N500,000 post service monthly pension to the speakers of the assembly.The deputy speakers are to earn monthly pension of N200, 000 while other rest 24-member capacity assembly will earn N100,000 each.

The bill specifically provided that former lawmakers including persons of Bayelsa origin, who served in the old Rivers State, would enjoy life pensions for their services in the state as applicable to former presidents, vice-presidents, governors and deputy governors across the country.

To qualify for the speakership pension of N500, 000 monthly, the lawmaker the person must have served for two years and above.Most stakeholders in Bayelsa State took to different social media platforms to criticise the bill, deriding the lawmakers for being selfish and insensitive.

A resident, Fidel Boboye, described the move as greed in the highest places and wondered why such political office holders with the wealth and money they had amassed still awarded life pensions to themselves.

Another resident Preye Alegbe, said: “Is this not too much for these persons even as there are many graduates out there without good jobs? Why can’t the legislature channel these legislations to areas where the younger generations can benefit more”.

Source: https://soundaza.com/bayelsa-assembly-gives-members-life-pensions/

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Madness, if bayelsans don't protest against this, they should not complain of bad government at any level

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this is bad news, before you know other States will emulate them. I think these politicians are calling for revolution with their own hand.

South South people sha..

The bill sponsored by the leader of the House, Peter Akpe, which was passed on the floor of the House, approved N500,000 post service monthly pension to the speakers of the assembly.The deputy speakers are to earn monthly pension of N200, 000 while other rest 24-member capacity assembly will earn N100,000 each.

Is this not madness of the highest order?!
Bayelsans, the matter is in your hands.
All the best to una o!!

pastormellanby:
The same mumu people will vote for them and they will still blame Buhari if they refuse to pay salaries

Hmmmmm, this is deep!

lordm:
Madness, if bayelsans don't protest against this, they should not complain of bad government at any level

It shouldn't be only Bayelsans that should protest. I believe all Nigerians have a duty to speak out against this daylight robbery before it spreads like wildfire.

Bayelsans should protest this.

This type of bill wastes no time passing through readings, and gbam, it's approved

Nigerians deserve d kind of leaders they get.

From top to bottom, leadership is a joke.

Followers are a joke.

What a messed up country.

The same mumu people will vote for them and they will still blame buhari if they refuse to pay salaries

Lol looking out for number 1. These politicans know how to pay themselves. Governors make out like bandits now state assembly want to join the party.

Nigeria can never be ok

What a shame.
Work for four years and get life pension.
When civil servants work for 35 years and still die been starved of waiting for pension.
What a shithike.

Will this negative development, we will never grow above the level we are presently. The lack the knowledge to move forward, creative idea .
The only on the size of there pocket.

Pension for their active service in politics or what?
Anyway, over to the good people of Bayelsa State.

Its a welcome development.

100k is understandable for the members but 500k for speaker is too much. At least 350 would have been ok.

What do you expect!

Chai... God! Who do we offend in this country

If you are jobless & from Bayelsa state, You read this shyt & pass, then in d next few years even ur relatives who work in rivers civil service will end up with backlog of unpaid salaries talkless of d jobless you!


You Guys better protest before that, cause no matter d meagre allocation, dis guys will pay themselves fully first even if they have to take loans from banks

Congratulations to all bayelsan on historic achievement by the state assembly, they blaze the trail other states will follow soon.

Some idiots will avoid this thread like plaques because the State under the spotlight is not Osun, Lagos, Ogun, Kano or Kaduna. For them, no matter how bad a news is provided it is not about "abooki" or "afoja" they're cool with it.

Just like that!

Jiang:
If you are jobless & from Bayelsa state, You read this shyt & pass, then in d next few years even ur relatives who work in rivers civil service will end up with backlog of unpaid salaries talkless of d jobless you!


You Guys better protest before that, cause no matter d meagre allocation, dis guys will pay themselves fully first even if they have to take loans from banks

I don't give a damn about them. They are always on the look out for Lagos, while their shit hole state thrives in despondency and abject poverty. Keep monitoring Southwest, fools.

The bill is very okay

They already know people will only bark on twitter and social media and that will be the end.God help us

Omo! See how politicians dey yahoo their citizens. This one resemble yahoo beneficiary format. It's well.

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Why God gives us all this politicians haaaa sorry na we give yourself by voting because hatred ,political party and tribal sentiment .you never see anything if they want to talk they will say APC or Buhari this !!!Buhari that .but now who did this to you? it is when people realised that all politicians are the same.it is when Nigeria challenges will be over come.

If it was Lagos then you would see them all over the thread wailing and crying, well I don't even know where Bayelsa is located

Just for four years of helping governors to loot?

Nigeria is just heading to what I don't know.

This is very very shameful.

And the masses can never complain because they have collected 500 Naira to vote them.

Very very Pathetic.

The next Assembly might even raise it instead of repealing it because of selfish reasons.

Let's see if the governor will sign it into law.

Failed state in a failed country.