Tag: Ex-Governors
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List of 58 ex-govs under investigation not from us – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has distanced itself from a list of former governors being investigated for corruption.
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Lagos assembly slashes pensions of Tinubu, Fashola, Ambode, other ex-govs by 50%, cancels provision of houses in Abuja, Lagos
The Lagos State House of Assembly has slashed pensions of former governors by 50%. The slash which was announced in a statement on Thursday, follows a report and consequently, a recommendation by the assembly’s Committee on Establishment. The committee also expunged the provision of houses in Abuja and Lagos for former governors as stipulated in…
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Alleged sale of Kwara assets: Saraki kicks as panel recommends trial of ex-govs
A former Kwara State governor and immediate past President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has dismissed the report of a committee set up by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to investigate sales of Kwara State’s assets, which recommended the prosecution of Saraki and former governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, as well as other former government officials. The committee’s…
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Why Delta won’t copy Lagos to abolish pension payments to ex-govs, deputies – Okowa
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has said his administration has no plan to stop pensions of past governors and their deputies like his Lagos State counterpart, Babajide Sanwo-Olu proposed to do while presenting the state’s budget to the assembly on Tuesday. Okowa, who stated this on Wednesday in Asaba, stressed that his counterpart in…
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Okorocha, Ihedioha, others edged out as Uzodinma abolishes payment of pensions to ex-governors, speakers in Imo
Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo has assented to a bill repealing the law that created pension allowances and gratuities for former governors, deputy governors, assembly speakers, and deputy speakers. Signing the bill into law in Owerri on Friday, the governor noted that the erstwhile law runs contrary to the 1999 constitution as amended, which stipulates…
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‘Akpabio, Kwankwaso, 12 other ex-governors make list of politicians on double pay’
Socio-Economic Rights Agenda, SERAP has taken on the challenge thrown at it by Justice Minister and attorney-general of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, by listing some of Nigeria’s ex-governors who have collected double pay in the past or who are doing so now. In its response to Malami’s 24 February letter, SERAP said: “According to public…
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Ex-governors in Senate vow to challenge court judgement ordering refund of pensions
A sustained legal battle may be in the offing as ex-governors in the Senate are said to have concluded arrangements to challenge the Court order on the refund of pensions received by them. The ex-governors who appeared to be jittery over the court order are said to be determined to overturn the order. One of…
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Court affirms SERAP’s right to sue against double pay for ex-governors
The Federal High Court in Lagos has ruled that the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has “sufficient interest to bring its suit to stop former governors and now serving senators and ministers from receiving double pay and life pensions, and to seek recovery of over N40bn of public funds unduly received by these public…