The Zamfara state House of
Assembly on Tuesday outrightly repealed the law that allows jumbo payment of
pension and other allowances to former governors, their deputies, Speakers and
their deputies in the state, DailyTrust reports. .
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According to the letter,
the monthly upkeep allowances for an ex-governor in the state is N10million and backed by law which was
amended and assented to on the 23rd of March, 2019. .
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Presenting the bill before the House, the House leader, Hon. Faruk Musa Dosara (PDP
Maradun 1) urged his collogues to as a matter of urgency consider the abolishment of the law which provides the
jumbo pay for the former political
leaders of the state at the detriment of the retired civil servants who have
not been paid their entitlements over the years. .
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According to Hon Dosara,
these category of past leaders are collecting over N700 million annually which
he said the present state economy could not accommodate. .
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Seconding the motion, Hon.
Tukur Jekada Birnin Tudu (PDP, Bakura), said the abolishment of the law was
highly necessary as it is detrimental to the socio-economic well-being of the citizens of the state. .
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With this development,
according to the spokesperson of the state assembly, Mustapha Jafaru Kaura, all
past political leaders in Zamfara state would no longer enjoy the jumbo
allowances unless those prescribed by
the National Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission.
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