Temidayo Akinsuyi, Lagos

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos state chapter on Tuesday said it is in total support with the decision by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu's plans to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007), which provides for payment of pension and other entitlements to former governors and their deputies.

The governor made the announcement while presenting the 2021 budget to the Lagos State House of Assembly.

“Mr. Speaker and Honourable 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,” Sanwo-Olu said.

Speaking in a chat with Daily Independent, Alhaji Tunde Balogun, the state chairman of the party every right thinking Nigerian should support and applaud the decision by the governor, given the dwindling resources in the country.

He said Lagos state will channel the money into developing the state and providing infrastructure and other amenities for the teeming population of citizens in the state.


He said "We are in total support of it. It is a good move and it must have been well thought out before the decision was made. It is a welcome idea as far as the party is concerned".

"In many states, we have seen many people complaining about such pensions to past governors and deputies".

"If we consider the dwindling revenue all over the country and the economy that is declining in terms of oil prices and what is derived as revenue from oil, it affects all the economy of all the states in the country.

"So, if such a decision is made by the governor, I don't think it is a bad idea at all. Such money that would have used in paying the pension will be used in developing the respective states where such decisions have been made".

" In Lagos, we believe we can channel such money into productive activity rather than perpetually paying the pensions of past governors. So, to us in Lagos APC, it is a welcome idea".

https://www.independent.ng/apc-backs-sanwo-olu-on-abolition-of-pension-payment-to-tinubu-fashola-others/

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Lagos State Government first to repell pension laws in the zone and region

Let's see other states in southern Nigeria follow suite




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Lagos, the hope of Nigeria...

There are two states in Nigeria... Lagos and Others.

...We move

PenuelFarms:
It means the incumbents will now try harder to arrange their 'take home' before they leave.

Una must always find wetin to talk

They have other mains of making money in Lagos..... This one no shake them

A governor who served for eight years will receive billions while a civil servant who served meritoriously for 35 years receives peanuts

It was shameless and heartless for anyone to have signed and enjoy such pension in the midst of the poverty in the land.

Other states that have copied and implemented this obnoxious, immoral and anti-people legislation Lagos, the trail blazer, in repealing it.

Anybody who's in support of pension for former governor's is wicked & senseless

If you a governor for just a month in his country, you will never be poor again in life except you lack how to manage money

No governor's accumulate less than 1bn (don't ask me how, just use your tongue to count your teeth. The truth is that I love to be realistic) in 4years in office & despite weak naira, 1bn is lots of money in this country.

And Jesus wept

Right Step! Monkey dey Work, Baboon dey Chop Syndrome! Taxpayers Haemorrhage Must Stop! End Misappropriation of Priorities!

Nice development! I doff my hat for the LASG for blazing the trail here.

Good development. Please hurry and repeal it.

Who will approve this?

This decision is bigger than him o, hmmm, I wont say much.

bolaayenimo:
A governor who served for eight years will receive billions while a civil servant who served meritoriously for 35 years receives peanuts

some received nothing

Those on voluntary retirement under Obasanjo regime through REFORM program are yet to get their complete entitlement even after over 10yrs.

This is political strategy coming from bourdillon itself.

good

Tinubu won't like this news

Everything na scam. Next governor is HAMZAT his deputy, they will be receiving their pension through other means

Tinubu thinks he can use this lame move to deceive we the sọ̀rọ̀ sókè generation

Somebody should tell him that we have moved and his strong hold on Lagos politics and South West in general came to an end on 20th October, 2020.

We move

TecM0:





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Lagos State Government first to repell pension laws

Let's see other regions of southern Nigeria follow suite




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cough *Clear throat* The 5% pipu from dat side will not gree oo

Beautiful script of breaking the backbone of the masses called unity.

With Obasa as speaker? What a joke

They'll kill the bill at LAHA