Former Governor of Ogun State and Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has told the state government to stop the payment of his monthly pension and allowances.
Daniel disclosed this on Thursday in a letter dated June 14, 2023 personally signed and addressed to the State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun noted that he could not continue to collect such emolument with free conscience.
Senator Daniel also clarified that since he left office, he had not got any other form of welfare in terms of medical, furniture or other allowances.
Recall that, Senator Daniel and Governor Abiodun are at loggerheads in the last one month over the last Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Daniel had accused Gov. Abiodun of working against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the build-up to the APC Presidential Primaries.
The letter read, “I write to request the suspension of my monthly pension/allowances of N676,376.95 ( gross) (Six hundred and SeventySix Thousand, Three hundred Seventy-Six Naira, Ninety-Five kobo) being paid as a former governor of Ogun State.
“This request is in line with my conscience, moral principle and ethical code against double emoluments that as a serving Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria who hitherto was a former State Governor, shall not be entitled to the payment of pension and allowances from such state.”
The Ogun lawmaker in the letter added, “It would be recalled that on Tuesday 13th June 2023, I was with other elected Senators and Members of the House of Representatives inaugurated as members of the 10th National Assembly.
“It is pertinent to also have it on record that since I left the office in 2011, I have not benefited from any welfare packages be it Medical, Furniture, transportation, etc.”