Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara state has accused the immediate past governor of the state, Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar, of paying himself N360 million from the state pension funds shortly before he left office.

The governor said this in Wednesday while assenting to a law stopping jumbo allowances for former governors, deputies, speakers and their deputies in the state.

The Speaker of the state House Assembly, Nasiru Muazu Magarya, and other principal officers of the House had brought a bill before the governor for assent.

Matawalle, while assent the bill, said, “If you could remember former governor Yari had sent a letter to me demanding that his N10 million monthly upkeep allowances be paid and he was even threatening to take me to court should I fail to pay the money.

“I called my deputy, the state assembly speaker and his deputy and asked them whether they need such mind-boggling allowances and they all answered in negative. Then, we decided to repeal the law backing the payment and I have assented to it.

“Our successors will not find it easy to come up with such obnoxious law to pillage the little resources of the state in the future. There is no reason whatsoever the state could afford to pay the past leaders a whopping sum of N702 million annually to the detriment of dying pensioners in the state,” Matawalle said.

“It is on the record that the backlog of pension and gratuity for local government workers and primary school teachers left behind by Abdulaziz Yari’s administration stands at N3billion while that of the state government retired civil servants also stands at N3billion. “What moral justification could be offered for such a Jumbo package for a select few when the social index has consistently indicated that the majority of our population lives in abject poverty?” he queried.

According to the governor, for anyone to become governor or attain any top position in the state, or means they were already financially well to do.

Source: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/zamfara-jumbo-allowance-yari-paid-self-n360m-from-state-pension-funds-matawalle.html

10 million Naira monthly for doing nothing in a state that could barely feed itself! Some leaders are direct descendants of the Devil.

This is actually ridiculous. What do these men want?

360 million could have done a lot for us.

Sirjamo:
10 million Naira monthly for doing nothing in a state that could barely feed itself! Some leaders are direct descendants of the Devil.

But your Jagaban is collecting far more in Lagos na

SarkinYarki:


But your Jagaban is collecting same in Lagos na

Hmmm ... pulling lion's tail.

SarkinYarki:


But your Jagaban is collecting same in Lagos na

Perhaps all former governors are collecting jumbo packages monthly but that doesn't make it right.
To drag Jagaban's name here reeks of hatred and envy. When did Jagaban start setting moral standard for Nigerians?
Which of the cursed erosion ridden redmudland states are you from to start with?

Is04970:

Perhaps all former governors are collecting jumbo packages monthly but that doesn't make it right.
To drag Jagaban's name here reeks of hatred and envy. Why did Jagaban start setting moral standard for Nigerians?

Where did I drag Jagaban name ? I was just reminding his boy not to throw stone in glass house

SarkinYarki:


But your Jagaban is collecting same in Lagos na

ma bruddah two wrongs doesn't make a right.

SarkinYarki:


Where did I drag Jagaban name ? I was just reminding his boy not to throw stone in glass house

Can you see how incoherent you're sounding?

Sirjamo:
10 million Naira monthly for doing nothing in a state that could barely feed itself! Some leaders are direct descendants of the Devil.

I swear to God!!

These guys are too greedy for my liking .....10million for what exactly?.....How can we progress when they loot like tomm no dey.....gosh is tiring being a Nigerian

Yaribansa is ABRACADABRA. FFK, Please note that.

Is04970:

Perhaps all former governors are collecting jumbo packages monthly but that doesn't make it right.
To drag Jagaban's name here reeks of hatred and envy. Why did Jagaban start setting moral standard for Nigerians?

When glaring facts of the demonic wickedness of Tinubu and his likes are mentioned, y'all should stop scrambling to offer half-assed defences! It is abominable for any past governor to be entitled to houses and hundreds of millions along with statutory security protection while the poor masses suffer! Whether Tinubu or Amaechi (Rivers State) or whichever state, about 20 of them now!

You either condemn them totally or keep shut rather than start the selective defense or attacks such as this one you just put up!

that is pension in advance for 3 years awon werey

When we tell you guys that PDP is the hope of this country, zombies will rather choose to masturbate.

See how soundly Mattawale argued which shows that we don't give tickets to certificate forgers.

It can only happen in Nigeria, where the poverty ridden naija people are reaped off and cheated by politicians ruling them,yet they will still be ready to support and die for these thieves who had ruled over them and put them in penury and abject poverty, what a Dumb country

Is04970:

Perhaps all former governors are collecting jumbo packages monthly but that doesn't make it right.
To drag Jagaban's name here reeks of hatred and envy. Why did Jagaban start setting the moral standard for Nigerians?

why are you trying to defend a man who brought collateral damage to Lagos and as we speak, Lagos is on a downward trend. Abeg let's call a spade a spade and stop defending looters of our common patrimony.

Lagos own nah d worst...Very horrible leaders we have in this country.

“It is on the record that the backlog of pension and gratuity for local government workers and primary school teachers left behind by Abdulaziz Yari’s administration stands at N3billion while that of the state government retired civil servants also stands at N3billion. “What moral justification could be offered for such a Jumbo package for a select few when the social index has consistently indicated that the majority of our population lives in abject poverty?” he queried.

Local govt pension - N3bn
State civil servants - N3bn
While the governor drew N360m as his own pension and N10m consequently monthly.

#sad

SarkinYarki:


But your Jagaban is collecting same in Lagos na

True that, I think the APC Chieftain and a south south governor started the rubbish; it should be stopped in all the states and they should be made to refund.

hahaha

still when u buy one bottle of beer with your own money , u will fall under the laws of Sharia

politicians are worse than scavengers

Nawaooo. This what Happens when an opposition wins. Fire on Mr Governor

Inside life

na wa o if it's true

They were still shouting APC change dey state is already a mess thank God say Supreme Court voided dem nd gave PDP cs it could have been silent chopping