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Former President Goodluck Jonathan, his aides and outgoing lawmakers won't be getting their severance pay until 2016.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan; his deputy, Namadi Sambo; immediate past ministers and presidential aides as well as non-returning federal lawmakers will wait till next year before collecting their severance allowances, investigation by The PUNCH has shown.
Their severance allowances as contained in the remuneration package put together by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission is valued at about N3.24bn.
Sources at the Ministry of Finance in Abuja confided in our correspondent on Thursday that the allowances of the political office holder, who left office last Friday, were not captured in this year’s budget.
The 2015 budget, which was passed by the National Assembly and signed by Jonathan on April 28, makes a provision of N2.3bn for “entitlements of former Presidents/Heads of state and Vice Presidents/Chiefs of General Staff.”
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SOURCE: #PUNCH
Former President Goodluck Jonathan; his deputy, Namadi Sambo; immediate past ministers and presidential aides as well as non-returning federal lawmakers will wait till next year before collecting their severance allowances, investigation by The PUNCH has shown.
Their severance allowances as contained in the remuneration package put together by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission is valued at about N3.24bn.
Sources at the Ministry of Finance in Abuja confided in our correspondent on Thursday that the allowances of the political office holder, who left office last Friday, were not captured in this year’s budget.
The 2015 budget, which was passed by the National Assembly and signed by Jonathan on April 28, makes a provision of N2.3bn for “entitlements of former Presidents/Heads of state and Vice Presidents/Chiefs of General Staff.”
Click here to read more
SOURCE: #PUNCH