There is an ongoing protest at the Enugu house of assembly
over a bill seeking life pension for former governors of the state.
The protesters stormed the assembly complex at about 11 am,
demanding that the bill should be withdrawn.
They were seen carrying placards that read, “no to political
life pensions”, while chanting ‘solidarity’ songs.
The executive bill tagged, ‘Enugu State Gubernatorial
Pensions Bill 2021’, was introduced for first reading last week Thursday.
Its provisions cover almost any possible major expenses an
ex-governor can incur in his/her life, including financial responsibility for
burial.
It grants at least 900 percent of a governor’s annual salary
as monetary entitlements for the former occupants of the office every year
after leaving office.
Even their wives would get a share of the cake amounting to
N12 million as annual medical allowance.
It was widely condemned as it is coming at a time when some
states including Lagos and Kwara are moving to block such life benefits for
ex-governors.
In addition to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic
suffered by Enugu, it will further deplete the resources of the state which has
a 58 percent poverty rate, according to the National Bureau of Statistics
(NBS).
More so, Enugu was only able to generate N12.2 billion as
revenue in the first half of 2020.
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