According to Sahara Reporters, The Akwa Ibom House of Assembly on Monday passed into law, the Former
Governor and Deputy Governor’s Pension Bill 2014 into law — a legislative work
that will see the ex-governors of the state earn millions of naira for every of
their petty needs after leaving office.
According to the bill, which Akpabio sent to the House on
15th May 2014 with a mandate that it must be
passed before 1st June 2014, the
governor will receive pension for life at the rate of his current salary, which
translates to N26.7million. Similarly, his deputy, Mrs. Valerie Ibe, will earn
an annual pension of N25.3m.
With the passage of the bill, Akpabio will also be given
N5million every month to employ domestic staff, while his deputy will have
N2.5million for the same purpose.
He will be entitled to free medical services for himself and
his spouse at a sum not exceeding N100 million per annum and N50 million for
Valerie, while he will have “a befitting accommodation” not below a 5-bedroom
maisonette in either Abuja or Akwa Ibom, in addition to a yearly accommodation
allowance of 300 per cent of annual basic salary, which is the equivalent of
N6.7million.
Akpabio will receive a severance gratuity of 300 per cent of
annual basic salary (N6.7million)) while he will also have N6.7million each for
furniture allowance once in every four years, and for fueling and maintaining
his vehicle every year.
Section 1(1) of the bill states that these benefits, and
many more, shall be due to “an indigene of the state who has held office as a
democratically elected governor or deputy governor of former Cross River State
and a person who has held office as a democratically elected governor or deputy
governor of the state shall when he ceases to hold office be entitled”.
Other sections of the bill show that Akpabio will receive
yearly utility allowance of 100 percent of annual salary, which is the
equivalent of N2.2million, while his deputy takes N2.1million.
He will get another N2.2million — that is 100 percent of
annual basic salary as entertainment allowance, while N2.1million will go to
Valerie.
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