Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has asked Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola
Saraki to return the pension he received as
former governor of Kwara state to the
Kwara State government as well as return
the house built for him as a former governor.
Saraki said he wrote to the Kwara State
government to stop his pension, after SERAP
said some former governors, who hold
political office, were receiving double pay.
In a statement issued today, Falana asked
Saraki to prevail on other former governors
in the senate to stop receiving pensions.
“Since Dr Saraki has come to the conclusion
that the collection of the pension is immoral
he is advised to refund the pension he had
collected from the Kwara state government
since he became a senator in June 2007. He
should also relinquish the house bought for
him in Abuja by the Kwara state government
since he is said to receive housing
allowance as president of the senate”.
The statement coontinued to say, ‘However,
while Dr Saraki is commended for
demonstrating leadership by example with
respect to the illegal collection of the ex-
governors’ pension he should proceed to
use his position as the president of the
senate to prevail on the 20 other senators
who are former governors and deputy-
governors to stop further collecting pension
from their state governments since they are
currently receiving jumbo salaries and
allowances from the national assembly.”
