In a bid to reduce the state’s governance expenses and redirect resources toward development, Abia State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill to stop the payment of pensions to former governors and their deputies in the state.
The Speaker, Mr Emmanuel Emeruwa, announced the passage of the bill after its first, second reading, consideration at the committee of the whole and its third reading during the day’s plenary.
Emeruwa, while congratulating members, said the bill once assented to by the governor, would be referred to as “Abia State Governors and Deputy Governor’s (Repeal) Law 2024.”
The speaker said that the bill would take effect immediately, Tuesday, March 19, 2024.
It was reported that with the bill, former governors and their deputies will no longer enjoy pension benefits after their tenures have expired.
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