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Why I Ask That My Monthly Pension Be Suspended – Gbenga Daniel

Gbenga Daniel, a former governor of Ogun State, has stated why he decided to seek the state government to suspend his pension as a former administrator of the state.

Mr Daniwl, who is currently the Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, stated that he took the action because he did not want to be paid twice for returning to public service after a 12-year absence.

“I remember there was indeed a court judgement which SERAP got basically saying that people should not be entitled to double payment, especially if you now have another kind of public office. But even before then, naturally, a human being should not be entitled to double remuneration,” Daniel said on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday.

“So, for me like I said earlier on, for about 12 years I was not in public service, now that I am back in public service let me just make sure that I tidy things up and somebody just pointed out to me and say why don’t I just remind the governor that I am not here and he should please stop the monthly pension that he was paying and hopefully when I am out of the Senate we check what the law says.”

He stated that if, after his tenure in the Senate, Senators receive emoluments, he may continue to receive them or revert to the one the Ogun State government was paying him as a former governor.

His move to suspend his pension drew a lot of criticism from the public, but the former governor said the comments clearly show that what appears to be typical in the country is becoming unique.

Daniel further stated that the replies suggest that people are no longer satisfied with public figures because they are skeptical that officials will do the right thing.

The Senator added that it is high time public officers started to lay good examples of a better society where the value system is the order of the day.

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