Senator SARAKI’s claim is contrary to reports in some quarters that he was forced to do so base on agitations by certain groups.
In a statement obtained by our correspondent, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Senate President, YUSUPH OLANIYONU, said Senator SARAKI had on 20th of August, 2015, written to the Kwara State Government to stop the payment of his pension.
OLANIYONU said he the Senate President took the decision as a responsive and responsible government official, who has always toed the moral and legal high-ground in all his actions.
He said even before the letter was written, Senator SARAKI had always used his pension to support scholarship and education endowment fund from which first-class graduates and law school students have benefited.
