Comrade Begs Oshiomhole To Reject N200m Pension

By Dipo Olowookere

A union leader has urged former Governor of Edo State, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, to reject the N200 million pension approved for him and his deputy by the Edo State House of Assembly recently.

This appeal was made by the General Secretary of National Union of Textile and Garment Workers of Nigeria, Mr Issa Aremu.

In a statement issued on Monday and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna, the former Governor should not join the former governors on unjust pension that is unnecessary and unsustainable in a recession.

Mr Aremu said, “Following the trend in other states, the Edo assembly recently approved a pension benefit for a residential building worth N200million for immediate past governor of the state, while N100 million was approved for his Deputy among other benefits.

“We appeal to former Governor of Edo state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to make a positive difference by not collecting the life pension benefit as approved by the state assembly.

“Comrade Oshiomhole had beaten the governors to good governance as evidenced by his globally acknowledged record of achievements as governor of Edo state.

“He should therefore not join the former governors on unjust pension that is unnecessary and unsustainable in a recession.

“Edo’s governance report since 2008 points to Nigeria’s renewed optimism.

“Indeed we have witnessed a renaissance which defeats the old pessimism according to which nothing would work.

“This development agenda can only be further deepened and should not be supplanted with corruption.”