Court stops Kwara govt from deducting pensioners’ fund
The court also described the deduction of the funds by the state government since 2011 as illegal, unconstitutional, null and void.The pensioners’ counsel, S. T. Abubakar, had sought relief of the court declaring that the monthly deduction of the said amount by the state government to teachers’ salaries is capricious, arbitrary and constitutes abuse of power and discretion.
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