House of Assembly: Enugu to pass Bill for Life Pension of Ex-govs

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The House of Assembly Enugu State is in the process of passing a Bill, which seeks to pass into law the payment or provision of a Life pension payment scheme for all former governors and deputy governors of the State. The Bill has already scaled through the hurdle of the first reading within the Enugu State House of Assembly.

The House of Assembly Enugu State is in the process of passing a Bill, which seeks to pass into law the payment or provision of a Life pension payment scheme for all former governors and deputy governors of the State. The Bill has already scaled through the hurdle of the first reading within the Enugu State House of Assembly.

The Executive bill to provide Life Pension for Ex-governors and their deputies was presented before the house for first reading during the plenary on Thursday the 11th day of March 2021. The bill sought to grant ex-governors and their deputies an entitlement in the form of a life pension for life, after their 4-8 years of service or terms of Office in the state and at the expense of the Enugu State government.

While on the other side, the Bill goes on to provide for medical allowances not exceeding the tune of N12 million per annum for one surviving spouse of an ex-governor or their deputies; so far as the said spouse was married to the governor while in office.

Amongst other things, the Bill seeks to provide adequate security for ex-governors for the entirety of their lifetime, and also would require that the state government provide them with three (3) vehicles which is to be replaced every four years.

The bill likewise provides that the state government must arrange and bear the cost of the burial of an ex-governor and their deputies upon demise. the State government shall in lieu of the same, pay condolence allowance of a sum equivalent to the annual basic salary of the incumbent governor at that time to the next of kin of the deceased ex-governor or their deputies.

The Bill however comes with a caveat that for any ex-governor or their deputies to be entitled to the benefits of this intended law, he or she must not have been impeached from office.

The Deputy Speaker of the Enugu House of Assembly, Uche Ugwu presided over the plenary and adjourned the said plenary after the first reading to Tuesday the 16th day of March 2021 for further reading before the House.

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