Former Oyo state governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala has explained that his pension is less than N1 million, dismissing insinuations that ex-governors earn about N10 million as pension.
This is against the backdrop of news spreading over former Zamfara State governor, Abdulaziz Yari, demand payment of outstanding N10 million monthly pension in a letter purportedly trending online.
In an exclusive interview with Nigerian Tribune, Alao-Akala admitted that the amount payable as pension varies from state to state, said, no state in Nigeria can pay N10 million as pension to a former governor or as salary to a sitting governor.
“In fact, on assumption of office Makinde said that he thought his money would be about N5million. He donated his monthly salary to the pensioners… Of course, we are not in government but whatever is his salary is the same as our salary.
“The question is that is the present governor of Zamfara taking N10m? It is a constitutional matter; you cannot take money outside that law. It is a lie. No house is built for any governor in Oyo state.
“Some states build houses for past governors but we don’t have that law in Oyo state,” he told Tribune Online.
