Activist lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has urged state governments to abolish the payment of pensions to former governors.
Falana, who is the Chairman of the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB), described the pensions being paid to ex-governors as scandalous.
In a statement, titled: End Scandalous Pension for Ex-Governor Now, yesterday in Lagos, the popular lawyer gave a breakdown of pensions which ex-governors earn in Lagos, Rivers, and Akwa Ibom states.
They include 100 per cent of annual basic salaries of the incumbent governor; one residential house in Lagos and another in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT); three cars, two back-up cars, and one pilot car every three years; 300 per cent of annual basic salary every two years; and 10 per cent of annual basic salary as house maintenance.
Others include domestic workers, including a cook, a steward, a gardener and other domestic workers (no limit) who shall be pensionable; free medical treatment for ex-governors and members of their families (not just spouses); security staff members, including two SSS operatives, one female officer, and eight policemen.
Falana noted that many governors voted themselves humongous pension payments and allowances while they failed to pay the pensions and gratuities of their former workers whilst they were in office.
The lawyer claimed that about 20 of them are currently in the Senate where they receive jumbo salaries and allowances.
Falana reminded state governments of a subsisting court order declaring the payment of pensions to former governors as illegal, null and void.
