Late Chief Moshood Abiola and
Babagana Kingibe will on Tuesday be honoured with GCFR and GCON national awards
respectively.
The event will hold at the
Conference Hall, State House, Aso Rock Villa, Abuja at 10.00 am.
MKO Abiola is widely believed to
have won the June 12, 1993 presidential poll.
The election was annulled by the
government of former military ruler, Ibrahim Babamosi Babangida, IBB.
The cancellation led to nationwide
protests which led to death, injury and incarceration of hundreds of Nigerians.
One year later, MKO Abiola, after
waiting endlessly for the announcement of his victory, declared himself
president and was arrested.
With their new titles of GCFR,
GCON, Abiola and Kingibe are expected to enjoy the full constitutional
provisions made for Presidents and former Vice Presidents.
We reproduce what the
duo and their families are entitled to by law.
Note: The privileges were
designed for the number one and two citizens from 1999:
Remuneration and perquisites:
1. (a) Presidents and Heads of
State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (referred to as “former Heads of
State”) shall be-
(i) paid the sum of N350,000 per
month as up-keep allowance; and
(ii) entitled to the perquisites
of office
(b) Vice-Presidents and Chiefs of
General Staff of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (referred to as “former
Vice-Presidents”) shall be-
(i) paid the sum of N250,000 per
month as up-keep allowance; and
(ii) entitled to the perquisites
of office
2. Allowances to members of
families of deceased former Presidents and Heads of State, etc.
(1) The members of families of-
(a) deceased former Heads of
State shall be entitled to the payment of the sum of N 1 ,000,000 per annum
payable in the sum of N 250,000 per quarter; and
(b) deceased former
Vice-Presidents shall be entitled to the payment of the sum of N 750,000 per
annum payable in the sum of N 187, 500 per quarter.
(2) The allowances shall be
applied for the up-keep of the spouse and education of the children of deceased
former Heads of State and deceased former Vice-Presidents up to the university
level.
(3) For the avoidance of doubt,
the spouse of a deceased former Head of State or deceased former Vice-President
shall not be entitled to the allowance if she re-marries.
3. Revision of remuneration
The remuneration of all former
Heads of State and Vice-Presidents shall be subject to review whenever there is
an increase in the salary of the serving President and Vice-President.
4. Annual budget to provide for
the remuneration
The Federal Government of Nigeria
shall in its annual budget make provision for the remuneration of former Heads
of State and former Vice-Presidents.
Perquisites of office of former
Heads of State
Personal staff
1. (1) An officer not below the
rank of a Chief Administrative Officer.
(2) A Personal Secretary not
below Grade Level 12, who shall be selected by the former Presidents and Heads
of State, and paid by the Federal Government.
Security
Civilian Head of State
2. (1) Three to four armed
policemen.
(2) One State Security Service
Officer not below Grade Level 10 as an Aide de Camp to be attached for life and
paid by the State Security Agencies.
Vehicles
3. (1) Three vehicles to be
bought by the Federal Government and liable to be replaced every four years.
(2) The drivers shall be selected
by the Head of State, and paid by the Federal Government.
Protocol
4. (1) Diplomatic passport for
life.
(2) Entitled to protocol within
and outside Nigeria.
(3) All former Heads of State and
their spouses shall take the third position after the serving President and the
serving Vice-President at all public functions in order of precedence.
Medical services and vacation
5. (1) Free medical treatment for
former Heads of State and their immediate family within
Nigeria.
(2) Treatment abroad for former
Heads of State and their immediate family where necessary at Federal Government
expense.
(3) Thirty days annual vacation
within and outside Nigeria at Federal Government expense.
Provision of office accommodation
6. A well furnished and equipped
office in any location of the choice of the former President or Head of State
in Nigeria.
Provision of residential
accommodation
7. A well furnished five-bedroom
house to be provided in any location of the choice of the former Head of State
in Nigeria.
Postal privileges
8. All former Heads of State
shall be entitled to send non-political mails within and outside Nigeria as
franked mail marked “POSTAGE PAID”.
Telephone
9. One direct telephone line
provided at Federal Government expense.
Perquisites of office of former
Vice-Presidents
Personal staff
1. (1) An officer not below the
rank of a Chief Administrative Officer.
(2) A Personal Secretary not
below Grade Level 10, who shall be selected by the former Vice-President and
paid by the Federal Government.
Security
Civilian Vice-President
2. (1) Two to three armed
policemen.
(2) One State Security Service
Officer not below Grade Level 8 as an Aide de Camp to be attached for life and
paid by the State Security Agencies.
Vehicles
3. (1) Two vehicles to be bought
by the Federal Government and liable to be replaced every four years.
(2) The drivers shall be selected
by the former Vice-President and paid by the Federal
Government.
Protocol
4. (1) Diplomatic passport for
life.
(2) Entitled to protocol within
and outside Nigeria.
Medical services and vacation
5. (1) Free medical treatment for
former Vice-Presidents and their immediate family within Nigeria.
(2) Treatment abroad for former
Vice-Presidents and their immediate family and where
necessary at Federal Government
expense.
(3) Thirty days annual vacation
within and outside Nigeria at Federal Government expense.
Provision of office accommodation
6. A modestly well-furnished and
equipped office in any location of the choice of the former Vice-President in
Nigeria.
Provision of residential
accommodation
7. A well furnished three-bedroom
house to be provided in any location of the choice of the former Vice-President
in Nigeria.
Postal privileges
8. All former Vice-Presidents
shall be entitled to send non-political mails within and outside Nigeria as
franked mail marked “POSTAGE PAID”.
Telephone
9. One direct telephone line at
Federal Government expense.
According to the 2007
Remuneration Act for political officeholders, the president is entitled to an
annual basic salary of N3,514,705, while the vice president earns
N3,031,572.50.
Since the two officers are not
entitled to monetisation of most of their allowances, they are only entitled to
50 per cent of their basic salary as hardship allowance, 10 per cent leave
allowance, 250 per cent as constituency allowance and 300 per cent of basic as
severance gratuity.
Abiola: His emoluments for the
four-year period of October 1, 1993 and September 31, 1997 will amount to
N68,185,277 made up of: basic salary – N14,058,820; hardship allowance
-N7,029,410; leave allowance – N1,405,882; constituency allowance – N35,147,050
and; severance gratuity – N10,544,115.
Kingibe: He would earn
N58,763,506.50 from: basic salary – N12,126,290; hardship allowance –
N6,063,145; leave allowance – N1,212,629; constituency allowance – N30,315,725
and; severance gratuity – N9,094,717.
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