14/11/2022
All politicians are not the same.
When people want to justify the unjustifiable, they tell you that all politicians are the same.
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Two men were governors: Bola TINUBU in Lagos State and Peter Obi in Anambra. Towards the end of their second term, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in Lagos sent his retirement bill and got his House of Assembly to approve what you see below as his yearly pension (virtually all Nigerian governors did the same in their respective states. All is needed is to rub the back of members of the state House of Assembly and they will approve anything sent to them).
1. 300% annual salary as severance package as approved by RMAFAC.
2. 100% of annual basic salary of incumbent gov as salary for LIFE even after leaving office.
3. Six new cars every 3 years
4. A new house in Lagos, minimum 5 bedroom
5. A new house in Abuja or any other location, minimum 5 bedroom.
6. Free medical care for him and members of his family for life.
7. Entitled to cooks, stewards, Gardners, and domestic staffs, all pensionable.
8. 300% of his annual basic salary as governor every 2 years as furniture allowance
9. 100% of annual basic salary as governor as his house maintenance allowance
10. Two DSS officers, 1 female officer for his wife and eight policemen to guard him.
11. 25% of his annual basic salary for personal assistants.
12. 30% of his annual basic salary for car maintenance .
13. 20% of his annual basic salary as utilities maintenance.
14. Pensionable drivers, no limits to the number.
This is apart from what Bola TINUBU gets as a percentage of collections from Alpha Beta for tax collections for Lagos State and the total control he has over the governor and the treasury.
Let us not talk about what Atiku receives as former VP.
But see what Peter Obi collects from Anambra State since leaving office as governor:
1. No gratuity
2. No pensions
3. No houses
4. No cars
5. No allowances of any kind
6. No maintenances of any kind.
7. No personal assistants paid by the state.
8. No domestic staffs paid by the state.
9. No aids sponsored by the state.
10. Not even pure water.
11. No shishi from the State.
12. No landed property
13. No trace of any form of corruption on him till date
14. He's still using his personal money to pay school fees for some children of the poor till date.
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Peter Obi was also chairman of Securities and Exchange Commission, Fidelity Bank and other organizations. He refused to accept all those humongous entitlements that are his right. He refused to allow any of his family members to receive any post or gift from government.
Yet people who are integrity-challenged will open their buccal cavity and tell us: All politicians are the same!
Why? Because they want us to accept no standard as the standard.
No, my dear sir/madam. Pigs and lions are all animals but they are not the same. Indeed, all animals are not equal!
