Amaechi reacted following
the court judgement directing all former governors, their deputies who are
currently serving as ministers and senators to refund all pensions collected
from their various state.
The former Governor of
Rivers State and Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has asked Governor
Nyesom Wike to sum up his accumulated pension arrears and use it to pay
pensioners in the state who regularly protest for unpaid pension areas.
Amaechi took to his twitter
handle to answer critics who had assumed he had been benefiting from the
state’s humongous pension laws adjusted to suit the ex-governors and their
deputies.
The Minister said “I have
never requested for or collected one kobo as pension from Rivers State
Government, if offered, I will politely decline and request that the money
should be given to rivers state pensioners. I do not believe that I should
receive pension as ex-governor of rivers state while serving as a minister.’’
More than 24 hours after
the former Governor gave the clarification, there has not been any official
reaction from the Rivers State Government either confirming or disputing the
claim by the Minister of Transportation.
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