The State Assembly passed the bill on Tuesday after its first and second reading, consideration at the committee of the whole and its third reading during the day’s plenary.
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The bill, sponsored by Uchenna Okoro, the majority leader and member representing Arochukwu State Constituency, seeks to repeal the existing 2001 Law under which former governors and deputy governors in the state were paid some money as pension. In a statement on Wednesday by his spokesperson, Onyebuchi Ememanka, the former governor explained that his response followed reports suggesting that he was among those benefiting from payment of pension in the state.
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