Why I Stopped My Pension As Former Kwara Governor — Saraki

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has cleared the air as per why he stopped the payment of the pension due to him as former governor of Kwara State.

This is contrary to reports attributing the Senate President’s actions to a July 14th, 2017 by some group that it was their agitations that prompted the decision.

In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and, Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki said that he personally wrote to the Kwara State Government to stop the payment of his pensions.

According to him, the letter dated as far back as August 20th, 2015.

The Senate President said that he has always toed the moral and legal high-ground in all his actions “as a responsive and responsible government official”.

He noted that “since he left office as Kwara State Governor in 2011 — even before his directive that his pension payment be stopped on the 20th of August, 2015 — this pension was always used as a scholarship and education endowment fund from which first-class graduates and law school students have benefitted.

“The money has also been utilized for the purchase of JAMB and GCE forms for secondary school leavers seeking to further their education.”

He stressed that the decision to stop his pension was done entirely of his own volition two years ago which action he mentioned at an interactive session with journalists in Ilorin early 2016.

“This is why”, according to Olaniyonu, “the recent insinuations in the media attributing the Senate President’s actions to a July 14th, 2017 statement by some group, is another futile attempt to claim credit where there is none to be claimed.

“Moving forward, it is necessary that the Media is guided by the fact that irrespective of the payment of his pension or not, the Senate President will continue to work on empowering his constituents and the people in Kwara State, as he has always done, with or without any pension payment.

“At this point, it is important that the Media endeavors to be specific in their reporting and not ascribe needless justifications or commentaries to otherwise independent actions”, Olaniyonu concluded.

—

Would you like to be receiving ALL Elombah.com news links ‘On The Go’ on WhatsApp?  If yes, please provide us your WhatsApp number via publisher@elombah.com or inbox +2349050382526 and you are ready to go!

© Copyright 2017 www.elombah.com; unless otherwise indicated, all images are courtesy of Twitter; send eyewitness accounts/reports/articles to publisher@elombah.com; follow us on twitter @Elombah; like our Facebook page: Elombah.com; join us on WhatsApp HERE

For advert placement call us on +447460770987, +2349050382526

For Diaspora Digital Media Updates click on Whatsapp, or Telegram. For eyewitness accounts/ reports/ articles, write to: citizenreports@diasporadigitalmedia.com. Follow us on X (Fomerly Twitter) or Facebook