Tinubu Was The First Governor To Introduce This Obnoxious Pension Law Prior To Leaving Office-Clark
An elder statesman and Ijaw Leader, Edwin Clark has accused the President of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Senate President, Godswill Obot Akpabio of introducing what he described as two irresponsible laws when they were governors of Lagos and Akwa Ibom states respectively.
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Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu served as Lagos State Governor between 1999 and 2007 under the platform of the defunct Alliance for Democracy (AD) while Godswill Obot Akpabio served as Akwa Ibom State Governor under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The Vanguard paper reported that Edwin Clark, in his 688-page autobiography regretted that corruption has being the undoing of Nigeria.
The former Federal Commissioner for Information said; “A new twist to corruption is the unnecessary laws which governors get their stooges in the State Houses of Assembly to make so as to give them (the governors) life pension. I consider this the height of their recklessness. What they get in terms of benefits in just four years is more than what any ‘faithful’ civil or public servant can get in 30 or 35 years of active service”
He added; “Two examples of such irresponsible laws are: The Life Pension Law introduced by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos State and the former Governor and Deputy Governor’s Pension Bill 2014 introduced by former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Obot Akpabio.”
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He stated further; “It will be recalled that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who was Governor of Lagos State for eight years was the first Governor to introduce this obnoxious pension law prior to leaving office, despite all he had acquired in his eight years as the unchallenged Governor of Lagos State.”
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