GREEDY GOVERNORS AND THEIR GREEDY PENSION ALLOWANCES.

[Anthony Akinola]

Zamfara Assembly repeals law backing jumbo allowances for Yari, ex-governors, deputies, others By Shehu Umar, Gusau | Published Date Nov 26, 2019 17:53 PM TwitterFacebookWhatsAppTelegram The Zamfara state House of Assembly on Tuesday outrightly repealed the law that allows jumbo payment of pension and other allowances  to former governors, their deputies, Speakers and their deputies in the state.   The abolishment of the law came barely 48 hours after a letter written by a former governor, Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar,  to Zamfara State Government demanding for the payment of his upkeep allowances running into millions of Naira leaked into the public.  The letter generated heated debates within and outside the state. READ:Ex-governor Yari writes Zamfara govt, demands payment of allowance   According to the letter, the monthly upkeep allowances for an ex-governor in the state  is N10million and backed by law which was amended and assented to on the 23rd of March, 2019.   Presenting the bill  before the House,  the House leader, Hon. Faruk Musa Dosara (PDP Maradun 1) urged his collogues to as a matter of urgency consider the  abolishment of the law which provides the jumbo  pay for the former political leaders of the state at the detriment of the retired civil servants who have not been paid their entitlements over the years.   According to Hon Dosara, these category of past leaders are collecting over N700 million annually which he said the present state economy could not accommodate. READ:Matawalle fires back at Yari, says ex-gov recruited, purchased arms for 8,000 Yan Sakai   Seconding the motion, Hon. Tukur Jekada Birnin Tudu (PDP, Bakura), said the abolishment of the law was highly necessary as it is  detrimental to the socio-economic well being of  the citizens of the state.   After serious deliberations and contributions by the house members, the Speaker of the House, Rt Hon Nasiru Mu’azu Magarya, ordered the Clerk of the House to give the bill  first and second reading.   The bill which was later sent to the house committee which met during the plenary, went for a third reading as the House passed the bill into law and sent it to the governor for his assent. READ: What Buhari told me about ex-governor Yari — Sen Yarima   With this development, according to the spokesperson of the state assembly, Mustapha Jafaru Kaura, all past political leaders in Zamfara state would no longer enjoy the jumbo allowances  unless those prescribed by the National Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission.  Earlier in today’s sitting, the Speaker sworn-in the new Clerk to the House, Alhaji Shehu Saidu. He officially assumed duty immediately.

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/zamfara-assembly-repeals-law-backing-jumbo-allowances-for-ex-governors-deputies-others.html  

[Victor Okafor]

There should not exist in Nigeria, nationally-prescribed pay or pension scales for state-level and local government functionaries. Each state and each local government should set and adopt a public employees’ salary-scale and a retirement compensation scale that are commensurate with their GDPs and costs of living.  Similarly, Nigeria should jettison the idea of a national minimum wage, which makes no economically-realistic or common sense. Each state should set its own minimum wage based on its relative economic standing and cost of living.

That said, if we expect public officials, at all levels of governance, to refrain from illicitly enriching themselves while in office, we must be ready to provide them with a reasonable level of gratuity and pension based on what each state can afford. Needless to say, federal public servants should receive the same levels of compensation, gratuity and pension.

On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 3:23 PM Anthony Akinola <anthony....@gmail.com> wrote:

Zamfara Assembly repeals law backing jumbo allowances for Yari, ex-governors, deputies, others By Shehu Umar, Gusau | Published Date Nov 26, 2019 17:53 PM TwitterFacebookWhatsAppTelegram The Zamfara state House of Assembly on Tuesday outrightly repealed the law that allows jumbo payment of pension and other allowances  to former governors, their deputies, Speakers and their deputies in the state.   The abolishment of the law came barely 48 hours after a letter written by a former governor, Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar,  to Zamfara State Government demanding for the payment of his upkeep allowances running into millions of Naira leaked into the public.  The letter generated heated debates within and outside the state. READ:Ex-governor Yari writes Zamfara govt, demands payment of allowance   According to the letter, the monthly upkeep allowances for an ex-governor in the state  is N10million and backed by law which was amended and assented to on the 23rd of March, 2019.   Presenting the bill  before the House,  the House leader, Hon. Faruk Musa Dosara (PDP Maradun 1) urged his collogues to as a matter of urgency consider the  abolishment of the law which provides the jumbo  pay for the former political leaders of the state at the detriment of the retired civil servants who have not been paid their entitlements over the years.   According to Hon Dosara, these category of past leaders are collecting over N700 million annually which he said the present state economy could not accommodate. READ:Matawalle fires back at Yari, says ex-gov recruited, purchased arms for 8,000 Yan Sakai   Seconding the motion, Hon. Tukur Jekada Birnin Tudu (PDP, Bakura), said the abolishment of the law was highly necessary as it is  detrimental to the socio-economic well being of  the citizens of the state.   After serious deliberations and contributions by the house members, the Speaker of the House, Rt Hon Nasiru Mu’azu Magarya, ordered the Clerk of the House to give the bill  first and second reading.   The bill which was later sent to the house committee which met during the plenary, went for a third reading as the House passed the bill into law and sent it to the governor for his assent. READ: What Buhari told me about ex-governor Yari — Sen Yarima   With this development, according to the spokesperson of the state assembly, Mustapha Jafaru Kaura, all past political leaders in Zamfara state would no longer enjoy the jumbo allowances  unless those prescribed by the National Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission.  Earlier in today’s sitting, the Speaker sworn-in the new Clerk to the House, Alhaji Shehu Saidu. He officially assumed duty immediately.

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/zamfara-assembly-repeals-law-backing-jumbo-allowances-for-ex-governors-deputies-others.html  

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[OLAYINKA AGBETUYI]

Zamfara assembly did the right thing that is inevitable in the long run.  The obscenely unsustainable emoluments for political appointees is bound to fall the way the cookie crumbles across the country one way or the other with an acceptable govt in charge.  This is the legacy of the insensate PDP years pandered to by other parties.

The days of reckoning are well nigh.

OAA

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There should not exist in Nigeria, nationally-prescribed pay or pension scales for state-level and local government functionaries. Each state and each local government should set and adopt a public employees’ salary-scale and a retirement compensation scale that are commensurate with their GDPs and costs of living.  Similarly, Nigeria should jettison the idea of a national minimum wage, which makes no economically-realistic or common sense. Each state should set its own minimum wage based on its relative economic standing and cost of living.

That said, if we expect public officials, at all levels of governance, to refrain from illicitly enriching themselves while in office, we must be ready to provide them with a reasonable level of gratuity and pension based on what each state can afford. Needless to say, federal public servants should receive the same levels of compensation, gratuity and pension.

On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 3:23 PM Anthony Akinola <anthony....@gmail.com> wrote:

Zamfara Assembly repeals law backing jumbo allowances for Yari, ex-governors, deputies, others By Shehu Umar, Gusau | Published Date Nov 26, 2019 17:53 PM TwitterFacebookWhatsAppTelegram The Zamfara state House of Assembly on Tuesday outrightly repealed the law that allows jumbo payment of pension and other allowances  to former governors, their deputies, Speakers and their deputies in the state.   The abolishment of the law came barely 48 hours after a letter written by a former governor, Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar,  to Zamfara State Government demanding for the payment of his upkeep allowances running into millions of Naira leaked into the public.  The letter generated heated debates within and outside the state. READ:Ex-governor Yari writes Zamfara govt, demands payment of allowance   According to the letter, the monthly upkeep allowances for an ex-governor in the state  is N10million and backed by law which was amended and assented to on the 23rd of March, 2019.   Presenting the bill  before the House,  the House leader, Hon. Faruk Musa Dosara (PDP Maradun 1) urged his collogues to as a matter of urgency consider the  abolishment of the law which provides the jumbo  pay for the former political leaders of the state at the detriment of the retired civil servants who have not been paid their entitlements over the years.   According to Hon Dosara, these category of past leaders are collecting over N700 million annually which he said the present state economy could not accommodate. READ:Matawalle fires back at Yari, says ex-gov recruited, purchased arms for 8,000 Yan Sakai   Seconding the motion, Hon. Tukur Jekada Birnin Tudu (PDP, Bakura), said the abolishment of the law was highly necessary as it is  detrimental to the socio-economic well being of  the citizens of the state.   After serious deliberations and contributions by the house members, the Speaker of the House, Rt Hon Nasiru Mu’azu Magarya, ordered the Clerk of the House to give the bill  first and second reading.   The bill which was later sent to the house committee which met during the plenary, went for a third reading as the House passed the bill into law and sent it to the governor for his assent. READ: What Buhari told me about ex-governor Yari — Sen Yarima   With this development, according to the spokesperson of the state assembly, Mustapha Jafaru Kaura, all past political leaders in Zamfara state would no longer enjoy the jumbo allowances  unless those prescribed by the National Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission.  Earlier in today’s sitting, the Speaker sworn-in the new Clerk to the House, Alhaji Shehu Saidu. He officially assumed duty immediately.

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/zamfara-assembly-repeals-law-backing-jumbo-allowances-for-ex-governors-deputies-others.html  

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