by ‘Jola Sotubo
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom has said that plans to amend the state’s Pension Act have been cancelled.
The controversial amendment, which will see the governor receiving a sum of N200 million as pension, has been criticized by citizens around the country.
Akpabio has said that in light of the uproar the amendment has caused, the state government had sent a bill to the state House of Assembly asking it to remove the new section.
Leadership reports:
Akpabio disclosed this in Lagos yesterday while briefing journalists on the issue.
The governor said, “It is my hope that with the excision of these sections from the amendment, the agents of falsehood would lift their siege on truth and not distract the good people of this state from the task of the Uncommon Transformation of our dear state.
Let them remember that I am not a governorship candidate. Instead of firing brickbats at me, let them tell the good people of Akwa Ibom State their plans for Akwa Ibom State.
“Because of the sponsored media comments and misinformation of the members of the public on the good intentions of Pension Act by the few opposition elements in the state, and because this government is a product of the people, we have , as a government decided to forward a request to the House that those areas which the opposition have capitalised on to misinform the people be expunged and the former law that had been in existence be made to remain the law.”
