Commends Otti Over Repeal Of Abia Ex-governors’ Pension Law
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has decried payment of ‘outrageous’ pensions to former governors and deputies while retired workers are owed their monthly stipends as daylight robbery.
He also commended the state Governor, Alex Otti, for his courage in repealing the law that empowered former governors and deputy governors of the state to enjoy pension, describing the abolished legislation as “rascality”.
Obasanjo, who spoke yesterday during a visit to Otti at Government House, Umuahia, also expressed hope that other governors would follow Otti’s footsteps.
The former president was accompanied in the visit by Ms Adewunmi Osagie, MD Ocean City, Lagos; Ambassador Okey Emuchay, Otunba Oyewole Fasawe and Kingsley Ononuju, a lawyer .
Addressing Otti, he said: “I watched the television and I saw repealing…
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