Governor Akinwunmi Ambode will not get Abuja mansion for losing 2nd term bid.

He will be the first governor in Lagos State since 2007 to miss out on a mansion in Abuja after leaving office according to an investigation by Sunday Punch.

The Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension) Law No 11 official Gazette of Lagos State, 2007 states that former governors of Lagos State are entitled to a house in Lagos and Abuja in any location of their choice.

However, the law adds that any governor who does not serve for two consecutive terms, will only be entitled to a house in Abuja.

Section 2 states,

“One residential house each for the governor and the deputy governor at any location of their choice in Lagos State and one residential house in the Federal Capital Territory for the governor on two consecutive terms.”

Following his loss to Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the All Progressives Congress governorship primary in October, Ambode will not be returning to the Alausa Governor’s Office on May 29, 2019.

The state government has built houses for former governors of the state in Lagos and Abuja in line with the law. A house was bought for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in Ikoyi and the Asokoro area of Abuja next to the Lagos State Governor’s Lodge.

Although no actual figure was placed on how much the houses procured would cost, our correspondent learnt that to build or buy houses for former governors of Lagos would cost between N500m and N1bn.

For instance, the construction of a “section” of the house of the immediate past Deputy Governor, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, on 15 Cameron Drive, Ikoyi, costs the state N329,929,551, according to the Lagos State budget of 2014, which was obtained by Sunday Punch

However, Ambode will be entitled to other fringe benefits which comprise a house in any location in Lagos State, six brand new cars every three years, 100 per cent of the basic salary of the serving governor, (N7.7m per annum) free health care for himself and members of his family.

The law also says a former governor will be entitled to furniture allowance, which is 300 per cent of their annual basic salary (N23.3m); house maintenance allowance, which is 10 per cent of basic salary (N778, 296); utility allowance, which is 20 per cent of the salary (N1.5m) and car maintenance allowance, which is 30 per cent of the annual basic salary (N2.3m).

Other benefits include entertainment allowance, which is 10 per cent of the basic salary (N778,296) and a personal assistant, who will earn 25 per cent of the governor’s annual basic salary (N1.9m).

The law adds that a former governor is entitled to domestic workers comprising a cook, a steward, a gardener and others whose appointments are pensionable.

A former governor will be entitled to eight policemen and two officials of the Department of State Services for life, according to the Lagos law.

However, any governor of the state will miss out on all the goodies if he is removed from office by the Lagos State House of Assembly.

Ambode, on Monday, formally endorsed Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, as the Lagos State’s APC standard bearers for the 2019 governorship election.

He urged those still aggrieved with the fallout of the primaries of the party to follow his example, and accept the party’s supremacy.

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Our democracy is just damm too expensive, just serving the selfish interest of the political class.
BTW if not for sheer wickedness and greed no political office holder in Nigeria ought to take a penny from the treasury given the so many pecks they enjoy while in office and even after.

All these things just for being a Governor for maybe 8years??

And most civil servants who've worked their ass off for 35 years get owed pensions till they forget they even worked for the government.

Some who manage to build modest 3-bedroom houses in their village and city are seen as successful... See the way these politicians just keep mentioning money, damn!!!!!

Olalan:
Our democracy is just damm too expensive, just serving the selfish interest of the political class.
BTW if not for sheer wickedness and greed no political office holder in Nigeria ought to take a penny from the treasury given the so many pecks they enjoy while in office and even after.

They have made political positions so attractive and that's why they see it as a do or die affair to partake in any political race.

All these immoral pensions and allowances that tinubu implemented are paid to them from the sweat of traders and market women who sells pepper,tomatoes,crayfish and hawkers of pour water.You will see mc olu Omo errand touts boys at oshodi cutting ₦100 tickets to poor market women.Whereby,if the traders haven't made sells for the day their wares will be seized.Tinubu has enrich himself through poor hustlers in Lagos state

Josnac:
All these things just for being a Governor for maybe 8years??

And most civil servants who've worked their ass off for 35 years get owed pensions till they forget they even worked for the government.

Some who manage to build modest 3-bedroom houses in their village and city are seen as successful... See the way these politicians just keep mentioning money, damn!!!!!

And while these ex civil servants were being owed several months of unpaid pensions,tinubu,fashola and co were getting theirs every month at ease.You cannot hear them complain of being owed.