Kunle Adelabu
Lagos State is set to stop the payment of pensions to former governors and their deputies.
According to the Governor of the State, Mr Babajide Sanwo – Olu who revealed his administration’s intention to sponsor an Executive Bill for the repeal of the Pension Law, while presenting 2021 budget proposal of N1. 155 trillion on Monday, November 9,2020, he said that it is meant to keep the cost of governance low.
He disclosed his administration’s move to reduce cost of governance in the face of dwindling revenues and general inflation occasioned by multiple factors, while also announcing the repeal of the State’s Payment of Pension Law of 2007, which provides payment of pension and entitlements to former Governors and their deputies.
The Governor said that he would be sending an Executive Bill to the Assembly for the repeal of the Pension Law, adding that public service would now be predicated on selflessness in the State.
“In light of keeping the costs of governance low, we will be sending a draft executive bill to the House of Assembly imminently for the repeal of the Payment of Pension Law 2007(Public Office Holder), which provides for payment of pension and other entitlements to former Governors and their Deputies”, Sanwo – Olu said.
“It is our firm belief that with dwindling revenues and inflationary growth rates, we need to come up with innovative ways of keeping the costs of governance at a minimum, while engendering a spirit of selflessness in public service”.
