SERAP gives 36 state governors 7 days to disclose payments to ex-governors

- SERAP has demanded the disclosure of pension payments to ex-governors

- The group issued a 7-day ultimatum to state governors to disclose the payments

- Going further, SERAP asked state governors to repeal pension laws

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given all the 36 state governors in Nigeria seven days to disclose the payment made to all ex-governors from 1999 to 2019.

The group also urged governors to provide names and numbers of governors who are still receiving such pensions.

Going further, it called on state governments to repeal pension laws.

Recall that Legit.ng had earlier reported that in reaction to the recent court judgement that mandated the federal government to recover pensions collected by former public holders, the Lagos state House of Assembly has declared that it would not repeal the state’s pension law.

Tunde Braimoh, chairman of the House committee on information and strategy, told journalists that the assembly would not go the way of the Zamfara Assembly which recently repealed pension law for its former governors.

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Braimoh, who faulted the court ruling, said as long as the law did not contravene the constitution, state assemblies had the right to make laws for the benefit of the society in which they operate.

Going further, he added that he was not aware of any law that restricted state assemblies from making laws for the provision of welfare package of former governors and public officeholders.

Meanwhile, the group also called on the United States president, Donald Trump to intervene in the case of Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow protest.

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