The Secretary to Kwara State Government (SSG), Alhaji Isiaka Gold, on Wednesday said Senate President, Bukola Saraki has refunded all money paid to him as pension back to the coffers of the state government. The SSG made this known on Wednesday in Ilorin in a press statement issued to clarify the issue of Saraki’s pension being paid by the state government.
According to him, Saraki, who was a two-term governor of the state, has stopped receiving pension from the state since August 2015. The SSG did not state how much was returned to government coffers, but said a letter dated Aug 20, 2015 by the Senate President also directed that money credited to his account for pension be refunded to the government.
“Dr Saraki requested that the payment of pension to his account be stopped and the amount already credited to the account be refunded to the Government…the State Government promptly complied. The Government not only stopped the payment of the said pension, the amount already paid into Dr Saraki’s account since he left office was deducted from the money owed to him as well as his other outstanding lawful entitlements,” Gold added.
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