The governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has submitted a bill to the House of Assembly seeking to abolish pension payments to former governors.
A Tweet by Jubril Gawat, the governor’s senior special assistant on new media, said the bill will repeal pension payments and entitlements to ex-governors and their deputies.
According to her, “Governor of Lagos State, Mr @jidesanwoolu has announced his intention, through executive bill, to repeal the public office holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007), which provides for payment of pension & other entitlements to former governors and their deputies.
The State has been criticized for legalizing what many see as a bad law which other states have copied. It is believed that this might be a tacit response to growing unease of the populace to the law and the economic adversity which the state has been plunged into because of the recent riots and looting by hoodlums.
