Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on Wednesday said there was no plan to stop pensions of past governors and their deputies in the state.
“There is an existing law in Delta State on what accrued to the governors and their deputies, that I don’t want to touch,” he said in Asaba.
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had on Tuesday asked the State House of Assembly to repeal a similar law.
“We are not thinking in that direction, my counterpart in Lagos may have reasons why he wants the law repealed but we in Delta don’t want to go into that,” Okowa added.
“I don’t want to comment on the decision of Lagos State governor. Each state has the power to make a decision concerning its governance.”
On the approval given to Zamfara State Government to manage their resources by the Federal Government, Okowa said the south-south governors would meet with the Chief of Staff to the President Ibrahim Gambari to address the issue.
“That’s why south-south governors are insisting on restructuring and for us to manage our resources,” he said.
