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By Modupe Shodeinde
The Governor of Kwara State, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has announced plans to send a bill to the State House of Assembly to revoke the law awarding pension to former governors and their deputies.
This was made known in a statement by the the governor’s Chief press secretary Rafiu Ajakaye on Friday.
According to the statement, “The Governor has listened to voices of the majority of the citizens opposing the pension law for former governors and deputy governors.
“In line with his campaign mantra and as a product of democracy himself, he will be sending a bill to the House of Assembly next week requesting them to repeal the law.”
The Governor stated that the scarce public funds be directed towards tackling poverty and youth unemployment in the state.
AbdulRazaq had earlier made this known in series of tweets on Friday, where he said the state needs the resources to improve human capital development.
“In line with our campaign mantra and the yearnings of our people, next week I will be sending a bill to the State House of Assembly to revoke the law awarding pension packages to former governors and former deputy governors in Kwara State.
“Our state needs all the resources it can get to improve our human capital development. I believe our limited resources are better spent on tackling the question of poverty and youth unemployment”, he said.
