Senate President Returns all Previously Paid Pension to Kwara State, says State Govt
Wed Aug 09, 2017 03:22:pm National
3.2K By Abdulkerimu Oare
- Saraki has stopped receiving pension payments from Kwara State.
- Previous payments were refunded.
- No mention of his Billion Naira Mansion.
In view of the ongoing accusations that Senate President Bukola Saraki has secretly continued to receive pensions from Kwara State where he served as a Governor over two years, the state government has come out in his defence to refute these claims.
The Secretary to the Kwara State Government, Alhaji Isiaka Gold addressed these concerns in a statemnet he issued.
He said "The (Kwara State) Government not only stopped the payment of the said pension, the amount already paid into Saraki's account since he left office was deducted from the money owed to him as well as his other outstanding lawful entitlements.
"In view of the foregoing, it should be noted that neither the Kwara State Government, nor Saraki, violated the state pension law or any other law for that matter.
"The State Pension Law empowers the state government to pay pension to former governors of the state.
Saraki has returned all pensions collected from Kwara State Govt
"The Kwara State Government will want to reiterate the fact that it was Dr. Saraki who, of his own volition, considered the morality of the situation in which the pension would put him since he is still a serving Senator and chose to abandon his legal rights.
"We believe he should be commended for the decision."
Gold added, "It is the hope of the Kwara State Government that this clarification will end all the controversy about this issue."
Meanwhile, Gold failed to address the issue of the One billion Naira mansion purchased by the state government for their former Governor.
- Previous payments were refunded.
- No mention of his Billion Naira Mansion.
In view of the ongoing accusations that Senate President Bukola Saraki has secretly continued to receive pensions from Kwara State where he served as a Governor over two years, the state government has come out in his defence to refute these claims.
The Secretary to the Kwara State Government, Alhaji Isiaka Gold addressed these concerns in a statemnet he issued.
He said "The (Kwara State) Government not only stopped the payment of the said pension, the amount already paid into Saraki's account since he left office was deducted from the money owed to him as well as his other outstanding lawful entitlements.
"In view of the foregoing, it should be noted that neither the Kwara State Government, nor Saraki, violated the state pension law or any other law for that matter.
"The State Pension Law empowers the state government to pay pension to former governors of the state.
Saraki has returned all pensions collected from Kwara State Govt
"The Kwara State Government will want to reiterate the fact that it was Dr. Saraki who, of his own volition, considered the morality of the situation in which the pension would put him since he is still a serving Senator and chose to abandon his legal rights.
"We believe he should be commended for the decision."
Gold added, "It is the hope of the Kwara State Government that this clarification will end all the controversy about this issue."
Meanwhile, Gold failed to address the issue of the One billion Naira mansion purchased by the state government for their former Governor.
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