Politics

SERAP lists ex-governors collecting double pay

Sunday, March 08, 2020 at 1:20 PM by Onyirioha Nnamdi

- Nigerians are waking up to the responsibility of fighting corruption in the country, instead of leaving it solely for the leadership

- The Socio-Economic Rights Agenda (SERAP) has released a full list of former governors who are collecting double pay while they remain ministers and members of the legislature

- SERAP called on the federal government to recoup the funds and challenge the legality of state pension laws as ordered by the Federal High Court in Lagos in 2019

In response to the federal government's requests, the Socio-Economic Rights Agenda (SERAP) has released a full list of former Nigerian governors who allegedly collect double pay in form of pension.

SERAP's deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, who released the list on Sunday, March 8, called on Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami, to take action on the listed former leaders of states.

The agency urged Malami to implement the verdict of the Federal High Court in Lagos delivered by Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo in 2019 which ordered the Nigerian government to recover pensions collected by these persons some of who are serving as ministers and members of the National Assembly.

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The list is given below:

1. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso (Kano)

2. Kabiru Gaya (Kano)

3. Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom)

4. Theodore Orji (Abia)

5. Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa)

6. Sam Egwu (Ebonyi)

7. Shaaba Lafiagi (Kwara)

8. Joshua Dariye (Plateau)

9. Jonah Jang (Plateau)

10. Ahmed Sani Yarima (Zamfara)

11. Danjuma Goje (Gombe)

12. Bukar Abba Ibrahim (Yobe)

13. Adamu Aliero (Kebbi)

14. George Akume (Benue)

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Oluwadare insisted that Nigerians are eagerly waiting for the federal ministry of justice to do the needful and probe the legality of state pension laws.

SERAP's deputy boss said that the government's failure to do this will be equal to undermining the nation's judiciary and the presidency's efforts to fight corruption to a stand-still.

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that SERAP had given all the 36 state governors in Nigeria seven days to disclose the payment made to all ex-governors from 1999 to 2019.