Bill stopping payment of pension to ex-governors, deputies passed in Kwara assembly

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- Ex-governors, deputies in Kwara state may no longer be eligible for pensions again

- This is as a result of an amendment bill passed by Kwara state house of Assembly halting payment of pensions to the former executive members

- The bill which was moved by the deputy house Leader, Segilola Abdulkadir was unanimously adopted by members

The Kwara state house of Assembly on Tuesday passed an amendment bill halting payment of pension to former governors, deputy governors and other officers holding political offices after their tenure in office.

The passage of the bill followed the consideration of the report of the House Committee on Establishment and Public Service at the Committee of the Whole House sitting in Ilorin.

The motion for the passage of the bill was moved by the Deputy House Leader, Segilola Abdulkadir and was unanimously adopted by members.

The Deputy Speaker, Matthew Okedare, who presided over the plenary, directed the Clerk of the House, Alhaji Mohammed Katsina, to prepare clean copy of the bill for governor’s assent.

The bill, which was forwarded to the House by Gov. AbdulFatah Ahmed, sought to review the existing law where payment of pension for former governors and deputy governors after their tenures would be suspended.

Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that the Kwara state House of Assembly passed a bill for a law that expands areas where the manufacturing, sales and consumption of alcohol are prohibited in the capital, Ilorin.

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The directive came after the consideration of the report on the bill by the House on Wednesday, February 21.

Under the law, no person will be allowed to produce, sell, store or openly consume alcohol within specified locations within the capital.

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