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The Kwara state house of Assembly on Tuesday passed an amendment bill halting payment of pension to former governors and deputy governors after their time in office.

The passage of the bill followed the consideration of the report of the house committee on establishment and public service at the committee of the whole house sitting in Ilorin.

The motion for the passage of the bill was moved by Segilola Abdulkadir, deputy house leader, and was unanimously adopted by members.

Mathew Okedare, deputy speaker, who presided over the plenary, directed Mohammed Katsina, clerk of the house, to prepare a clean copy of the bill for governor’s assent.

The bill, which was forwarded to the house by AbdulFatah Ahmed, the governor, sought to review the existing law where payment of pension for former governors and deputy governors after their tenures would be suspended.