Gov Ortom’s Life Pension Bill To Give Benue Ex-Governors 4 New Cars Every 4 Years, Monthly Governor’s Salary, Annual Vacations Abroad, Other Outrageous Provisions

Aorabee-Gagajav, who described the proposed lifestyles pension bill as substandard, ridiculous and financial system-crippling, asked that the bill mustn’t ever be handed into law.

A Nigerian attorney from Benue Hiss, Barr. Terhemen Oscar Aorabee-Gagajav has raised the terror over a lifestyles pension bill proposed by Governor Samuel Ortom’s authorities in Benue Hiss for historical governors and deputy governors.

Aorabee-Gagajav, who described the proposed lifestyles pension bill as substandard, ridiculous and financial system-crippling, asked that the bill mustn’t ever be handed into law.

He stated if handed and performed, this is capable of perhaps presumably not completely cripple the financial system of the verbalize but will impoverish workers and folk of the verbalize.

Additional describing the bill as a pension scam, Aorabee-Gagajav stated the bill titled ‘A Bill for a Law to compose Provisions for the Repairs of Ragged Governors of the Hiss and their Deputies and for Other Matters Associated Thereto’, has been presented to the Benue Hiss Apartment of Assembly by the outgoing governor.

In step with Aorabee-Gagajav, Section 1 of the bill established the title of the Bill and intended for it to love a retroactive attain, adding that it is anticipated to snatch attain from 1999 in roar that this is capable of perhaps presumably quilt historical governors and their deputies at the side of Senator George Akume and the gradual Ogiri Ajene; Senator Gabriel Suswam and Steven Lawani; Dr. Samuel Ortom and Engr. Benson Abounu.

He celebrated that extra little print of the bill confirmed that “Section 2(a)(i) makes provision for the associated price to the conventional governors of a monthly ‘stipend’ a equivalent to the ‘the wage’ of a sitting/incumbent governor.

“Section 2(a)(ii) makes provision for the associated price to all historical deputy governors of a monthly ‘stipend’, a equivalent to the ‘the wage’ of a sitting/incumbent deputy governor.

“Section 2(b) provides for the constructing of a permanent residential lodging in any town ‘of their want’ by the Hiss in Nigeria.

“Sections 2(c) and (h) provide for the provisions of 4 unique autos every 4 years for the conventional governors and 2 unique autos every 4 years for the conventional deputy governors whose autos will seemingly be serviced and maintained on the expense of the Hiss.

“Section 2(d) and (e) provide for six non-public team for the conventional governors and 3 for the conventional deputy governors to be paid for by the Hiss.

“Section 2(f) provides for 24 hours security surveillance and guard for all historical governors and their deputies at their route.

“Section 2(g) provides at free of price medical treatment for them, their spouses and no much less than 4 teenagers under the age of 18.

“Section 3 provides that the total above charges might presumably moreover be monetized or cashed out!

“Section 4 entitled historical governors to 2 vacations in a foreign places nation yearly and the conventional deputy governor to 1 vacation in a foreign places nation.”

He identified that the total entitlements are for lifestyles and that the costs are to be charged on the Consolidated Income Fund of the verbalize (which implies that they’re on First Line Price) and are to snatch priority against other charges admire salaries, pensions and gratuity of the citizen. He added that the total entitlements with the exception of the vacation might presumably moreover be remodeled into money and paid out.

A crucial review of the bill, essentially essentially essentially based on Aorabee-Gagajav, exhibits that “Section 1 makes this Bill, when handed into Law, to love retroactive attain. For this reason this also can moreover be backdated to quilt all governors and their deputies democratically elected since 1999.

“It’s miles crucial to reward that if allowed to be handed, the verbalize will seemingly be owing Governors Akume and Suswan with their Deputies the total entitlements provided for within the BILL/LAW.

“Over again, the monthly stipends to be paid to the beneficiaries, other than being for lifestyles and backdated, calculated and monetized, are capable of completely crippling the Hiss Treasury and Economy.

“Endure in mind that the law doesn’t utter that the stipend might presumably amassed be a equivalent to the “BASIC SALARY” of a sitting governor but the “SALARY,” and my learn exhibits that the monthly total wage of a sitting governor is N2,223,794 while the monthly wage of a sitting governor, comprising allowances, and so on., is N11,540,896.

“For this reason Sen. George Akume by myself will seemingly be entitled to N138,490,752 per annum from the time he left situation of commercial till his demise. Same for Senator Suswam and Gov. Ortom and the governors after them.

“Multiply N138,490,752 x 3 historical governors in a Twelve months by myself, you might presumably be going to be spending N657,276,456 on Ortom, Akume and Suswam by myself in 2024 as monthly stipends. (We now have not regarded because the backlog for Akume and Suswam.

“The three deputies will snatch home N440,631,348 per annum as monthly stipends. Add N657,276,456 to N440,631,348 for the governors and their deputies and you might presumably like N1, 097,907, 804. [These are the stipends for the 3 sets of governors and their deputies for one year alone]

“The governors and their deputies are entitled to 6 autos every four years. Allow us to think that every automobile prices N70, 000,000.00 (I am assuming this in step with my findings on Jiji that a Toyota Landcruiser Prado Jeep, 2022 model prices about that great). While you happen to multiply that sum for six autos, you’ve got got N420,000,000.00 spent on them every 4 years. We will resist the trek to head on calculating the associated price of provider of these beasts for every Twelve months. Mind you that the Law doesn’t situation a ceiling on the associated price of the autos.

“Snarl moreover, the Bill doesn’t stipulate that the extinct four-Twelve months-extinct autos might presumably amassed be returned to the Hiss Pool in trade for the unique autos.

“Subsequent is the provision for the constructing of residential lodging of no prescribed restrict in price in any Metropolis of their want in Nigeria. I think that no-one would favor to love a dwelling built for that motive in Makurdi, Gbajimba, Anyiin or Wannune. They would reasonably prefer to love a dwelling in Banana Island or Asokoro in Abuja the set up the associated price of buying silly land by myself will price a full bunch of millions and constructing might presumably perhaps price a billion or extra.

“What in regards to the medical charges for them, their spouses and AT LEAST 4 teenagers no topic whether or not the teens are organic or not. As soon as a exiguous one reaches the age of 18, he or she might presumably perhaps without complications get replaced by every other “exiguous one”. Over again the medical charges need to not restricted in price or inner Nigeria.

“Can we amassed favor to chat about vacations ABROAD? What in regards to the salaries of the 6 and 3 non-public team for lifestyles for governors and their deputies?

“Incidentally, the law, which is a verbalize law that doesn’t override federal prison guidelines, provides that a beneficiary shall not snatch any other entitlement from the Hiss or the Federation, but is restful on refund or penalty for breach of portion 5 of the Law.

“Now you look why this pension scam might presumably amassed not be allowed to be signed into law because this is capable of perhaps presumably cripple our financial system once performed.”