Ex- Civilian Governor Not Denied Pension, Gratuity – Kebbi Govt

Kebbi State authorities has refuted the allegation by the primary civilian governor of the state, Alhaji Abubakar Musa (Garkuwan Yauri), of being denied retirement advantages by the current administration of Governor Nasir Idris.

While refuting the allegations at a information briefing held on Tuesday on the Government House in Birnin Kebbi, Commissioner for Information and Culture, Yakubu Ahmed Birnin Kebbi, clarified that the ex- governor doesn’t qualify for formal pension and gratuity funds beneath the relevant authorized provisions.

The commissioner added that the previous governor was warmly cared for and acquired varied types of help, which Governor Nasir Idris intentionally selected to not disclose out of respect for his privateness and dignity.

“Governor Idris had personally called the former governor during his governorship aspiration campaign in 2023 in order to seek his blessings, prayers and advice but, unfortunately, for reasons best known to him, the former governor refused to come,” the commissioner famous.

‘What the regulation says concerning his pension and gratuities was that the previous governor falls wanting the necessary two-year minimal service necessities for severance and pension advantages beneath the relevant provisions “, Birnin Kebbi mentioned.

The commissioner additionally recalled that the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), in a letter addressed to the then governor and Speaker of the state’s meeting in Feb 2010, directed that pension and gratuity for governors and deputy governors be administered in accordance with sections 84(5) and 124(5) of the 1999 Constitution.

However, the directive associated to the related constitutional framework for under those that served between 1999 and 2003 and didn’t lengthen to governors or deputy governors who held workplace between 1999 and 1993, because the 1999 Constitution doesn’t present for retrospective cost of such advantages to former governors who served earlier than its graduation.

While the commissioner defined that the previous governor, Abubakar Musa ( Garkuwan Yauri), ruled Kebbi State from January 1992 to November 1993, a interval of roughly 22 months, which, based on the regulation, falls wanting the necessary two- yr minimal service requirement for severance and pension advantages beneath the relevant provisions.