'No Plan To Stop Ex-Governors Pension In Delta State' – Gov. Okowa

Governor Okowa says there is an existing law in Delta state on pension for ex-governors and he does not intend to touch it.

Nov 12, 2020 - 01:06 Updated: Nov 12, 2020 - 02:15

'No Plan To Stop Ex-Governors Pension In Delta State' – Gov. Okowa

Governor Okowa

Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa has stated that his administration has no plans to stop pensions of former governors and their deputies.

On Tuesday, it was reported that Sanwo-Olu announced that a bill on the abolishment of pension for ex-governors in Lagos State would be sent to the House of Assembly in a few weeks for legislative approval.

Addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Asaba, Okowa said his counterpart in Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, may have reasons to abolish theirs but there is an existing law in Delta state on pension for ex-governors and he does not intend to touch it, according to The Cable.

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The Governor said: “There is an existing law in our State on what accrued to the governors and their deputies, that I do not want to touch.

''We are not thinking in that direction, my counterpart in Lagos State may have reasons he wants the law repealed but we in Delta don’t want to go into that.

“I don’t want to comment on the decision of the Lagos State Governor. Each state has the power to make a decision concerning its governance.”

It was further gathered that Bola Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos, had commended Sanwo-Olu for the initiative and advised governors under the All Progressives Congress (APC) to do same.