The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has admonished out-going State governors to reject unlawful life pensions and other entitlements, which the legislature might dangle at them.
Governments of various states have passed pension laws, which will guarantee the ex-governors outrageous amounts of money and other entitlements after their stay in power.
SERAP, a few years ago, had asked the court to order the 36 State governors to publish a breakdown of pensions being paid to former governors and other ex-officials under their respective state pension laws between 1999 and 2019.
In a tweet on Saturday, the organization threatened to sue governors, including Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna State), Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano State) and others, who fail to reject the pensions and other entitlements after leaving office.
“We urge the outgoing governors Wike, Matawalle, Okowa, Umahi, Ganduje, Ayade, El-Rufai, and 10 others to immediately and publicly reject any unlawful life pensions, mansions, exotic cars as ‘parting gifts’ from their respective states, or face legal action,” the tweet read.