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Monday 20 June 2016

FEMI FALANA CONDEMNS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL FOR LIFE PENSION AND IMMUNITY

The Executive Director of SERAP (Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project), Adetokunbo Mumuni, has condemn the demands made by some senators for life pension and immunity for presiding officers of the National assembly after their tenure. 
According to the statement, the call was made so as to manipulate the use of legislative powers to alter the 1999 Constitution in their own favour, to the detriment of millions Nigerians, economically and socially. 






Statement from some men of the National assembly:

Granting senators and representatives immunity and life pensions would neither enhance governance, accountability nor contribute to the betterment of Nigerians.
SERAP is worried that the proposal for life pensions is coming from some ex-governors in the National Assembly that continue to enjoy “pensions” for serving as governors for eight years.
This is a gross injustice and double jeopardy for millions of Nigerian pensioners who continue to be denied the fruit of their labour in old age.
Nigerians will reject any self-serving attempt by the senators and representatives to tear up section 308 of the 1999 Constitution to grant their leaders immunity from prosecution for corruption and money laundering,” 


 Human Rights Lawyer and activist, Femi Falana (SAN) Condemn the proposition. He said:

The proposals for immunity and life pension for the principal officers of the National Assembly are insensitive, irrational and immoral.
Indeed, it is the height of insensitivity for legislators to propose life pension for their leaders at a time that workers are owed arrears of salaries in many states of the federation. 
The proposal to confer immunity on legislators is provocative, to say the least. No serious nation can grant immunity to legislators who have been linked with criminal diversion of public funds, forgery and rape.
We can assure the concerned members of the public that the satanic proposals of the legislators will not succeed. It is pertinent to inform the legislators that the members of the human rights community have resolved to mobilise the Nigerian people to reject both proposals.



Source: News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)

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