The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, has appealed to the State House of Assembly to expunge the aspect of the Pension Law that pegs the health allowance for ailing governors and their wives at 50 million Naira each per annum.
Since Governor Akpabio submitted the Pension Bill, indigenes of the state and Nigerians from other states expressed diverse opinions about the amount set aside as Health Insurance cover for governors and their spouses.
The Governor said that the uproar that had greeted the amended Pension law in Akwa Ibom State led to the request for the lawmakers to expunge the insurance aspect.
Addressing journalists in Lagos on Tuesday, Governor Akpabio insisted that the initial amendment was done in good fate and also to check corruption that the open pension scheme provided.
“The removal of the controversial section is line with democratic tenets which allows the voice of the people to be heard,” he said.
Governor Akpabio had told Channels Television few days ago that past leaders of the state were taking advantage of the open-ended pension law that was in existence to request for huge amount of money as cost of healthcare.
Public pressure forces Akpabio to appeal pension law
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