Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project,
(SERAP) has welcomed Senate President, Dr
Bukola Saraki’s move to stop receiving pensions
from Kwara state, where he was the governor
between 2003 and 2011.

In a statement on Wednesday, its executive
director, Adetokunbo Mumuni, said it is good news
that Saraki has publicly made known that he has
stopped drawing pensions from Kwara State.

“We hope that other public officials still receiving
double emoluments will follow Dr Saraki’s example
and renounce such practice. We also urge the
Senate President to publicly commit to donating to
charities of his choice all pensions and allowances
he has so far collected or to such emoluments to
the public treasury.”

SERAP also asked the Senate President to urgently
facilitate a resolution by the National Assembly,
condemning the practice and laws on double pay
and life pensions for former governors now serving
public officials; urging state assemblies to abolish
such laws; and calling on those that have received
such emoluments to return them to the public
treasury.

SERAP urged Saraki to, “work with us to put
meaningful pressure on other states to abolish
their unfair and discriminatory life pensions laws
as well as on serving senators and ministers who
continue to receive double emoluments to end the
practice and return all the emoluments they have
so far received to the public treasury.

http://dailypost.ng/2017/08/02/serap-reacts-sarakis-move-stop-receiving-pensions/