Abdul’aziz Yari Abubakar, a former Governor of Zamfara State has called on his successor Bello Matawalle, to “direct the settlement of the total backlog” of his pension and upkeep allowances owed by the state government.
He said this in a statement he personally signed and addressed to the governor Matawallle on October 17, 2019.
“The law provides among other entitlements of a former Governor, a monthly upkeep allowance Ten Million Naira (#10, 000, 000) only and a pension equivalent to the salary he was receiving while in office,” the statement reads in part.
“Accordingly, you may wish to be informed that since the expiration of my tenure on 9th of May, 2019, I was only paid the upkeep allowance twice i.e. for the month of June and July while my pension for the month of June has not been paid.”
According to Yari, the upkeep and pension allowance are not in category of privileges that can be truncated without any justifiable reason.
