Kano State House of Assembly Passes Life Pension Bill for Speaker and Deputy Speaker.

Kano State House of Assembly has passed the Pensions Rights of Speaker and Deputy Bill 2019, the bill once passed into Law will give life pension to the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly.

The bill will give the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly a pension that is the same salary of a serving speaker and deputy speaker for life. It will also give them foreign medical trips and brand new vehicles every four years.

The bill however says that where the Speaker or Deputy Speaker exist office either by death or resignation before the expiration of the term of their tenure, they shall be paid pension pro-rata the number of years they spent in relation to their tenure of office and any Speaker or Deputy Speaker that is impeached by the House will not be entitled to pension.

The life pension that the bill is proposing is similar to the life pension enacted for Kano state governors and their deputies during the reign of the former Governor of the state, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau.

Below are extracts from the Bill

“There shall be paid pension to person who held office as Speaker and Deputy Speaker equal to the emoluments of a serving speaker and deputy speaker, provided that either the Speaker or the Deputy do not hold any paid elective or selective appointment.’’

“Any person duly elected as Speaker or Deputy Speaker shall, on completion of his term be entitled to a grant of pension for life by the state, provided that such person was not removed from office through impeachment by members of the House of Assembly.

“Pension shall be payable to the Speaker or Deputy Speaker at the expiration of the tenure of the holder of the office. Where the Speaker or Deputy vacates office before the expiration of the term of his office, not as a result of impeachment, he shall be paid pension pro-rata the number of years he spent in relation to his tenure of office.

“Where the Speaker or Deputy Speaker dies in office before the expiration of the term of his tenure, he shall be paid pension pro-rata the number of years he spent in relation to his tenure of office. “There shall be provided for the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker a brand-new vehicle to be bought by the State Government every four years. “There shall be provided for the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker medical expenses either home or abroad depending on the nature of the illness.”