A Kwara-based Civil Society group known for itsElites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD), known for its strict advocacy of good governance, accountability and transparency has in a statement released by its media department made an appeal to the Kwara State House of Assembly (KWHA) to as a matter of good governance abolish the Kwara State Governor and Deputy Governor (Payment of Pension) Law 2010.
ENetSuD, in a letter forwarded to the Rt. Hon. Speaker, Salihu Yakubu Danladi, jointly signed by its Coordinator, Alagbonsi Abdullateef and Director of legal Services, Lukman Raji Esq and voluntarily supported by two hundred and sixty-three Kwarans who lent their voices to the advocacy, ENetSuD appealed to the Assembly to outlaw payment of pension, gratuity and other allowances to past Governors and Deputy Governors other than the statutory 300% severance allowance provided for by Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) Act.
The group, however charged the legislative House to allow provision of personal staff and health insurance to former Governors and Deputy Governors on compassionate ground as an appreciation of the services rendered to the state.
Recall that the organization in advancement of its founding principles has sponsored several people-centered bills including the Freedom of Information bill, FOI which is awaiting amendment from Kwara State House of Assembly before it will be assented to by Governor AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman.