Malami writes SERAP, demands list of ex-governors, ministers collecting double pay
) to “send the full list of former governors and ministers that have received and/or receiving double pay and life pensions in order to enhance and ensure compliance with the judgment of the court.”
Responding, SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare said: “We welcome your request for the full list of former governors and ministers. Any further delay in the enforcement of the judgment will continue to undermine the authority and integrity of the Nigerian judiciary. Nigerians cannot wait for you to take legal action to scrap states’ pension laws and fully recover the public funds collected.”
SERAP’s response dated March 5, 2020, read in part: “We hope this judgment will be implemented duly and promptly for the sake of integrity, accountability and proper management of public resources by state governors.”“Complying with the judgment as promised will enhance the authority, integrity and independence of the judiciary. It will be entirely consistent with the government’s constitutional responsibility and international human rights and anti-corruption obligations.
“According to public records, the following are reportedly collecting and/or have collected double emoluments and large severance benefits from their states: Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso ; Kabiru Gaya ; Godswill Akpabio ; Theodore Orji ; Abdullahi Adamu ; Sam Egwu ; Shaaba Lafiagi ; Joshua Dariye , and Jonah Jang . Others include: Ahmed Sani Yarima ; Danjuma Goje ; Bukar Abba Ibrahim ; Adamu Aliero ; and George Akume .
“Similarly, public records also show that at least 22 states have passed life pensions laws allowing payment of life pensions to former governors and other ex-public officials. These states include: Akwa Ibom, Lagos, Edo, Delta, Kano, Gombe, Yobe, Borno, Bauchi, Abia, Imo, Bayelsa, Oyo, Osun, Kwara, Ondo, Ebonyi, Rivers, Niger, Kogi and Katsina.”
The court also directed the government to challenge the legality of states’ pension laws permitting former governors and other ex-public officials to collect such pensions.
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