'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.
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.