Nigeria. Social Rights Project challenged to prove pension allegation
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Social-Economic Rights Accountability Project (SERAP) to prove he still receives pensions.
He said SERAP must make public details or proof of pension and any other remuneration alleged to be enjoyed by him from the Ekiti State government since leaving office as governor of the state in 2014.
He said in the alternative, the SERAP should publicly apologise to him for including his name in the list of serving public officers who are earning pensions.
The Minister, described SERAP’s statement as defamatory, adding that the group should be prepared for legal consequences of its action should it fails to retract the allegation or show concrete evidence of the alleged pension payment.
Fayemi, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr Yinka Oyebode, in Abuja but made available to our correspondent in Ado Ekiti, said he had not received a kobo as pension.
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