By Olasunkanmi Akoni
A bill seeking to repeal the law which grants pension and other emoluments to former governors and deputies has scaled second reading at the Lagos State House of Assembly.
The ex-governors of the state who are presently benefitting from the jumbo pension include Bola Tinubu, Babatunde Fashola, and Akinwumi Ambode.
The new bill which was debated on the floor of the House at a sitting presided over by the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, is titled: ‘A Bill for a law to repeal the law to provide for the payment of pensions and other fringe benefits to public office holders in Lagos State and for other connected matters’.