Bayelsa APC kicks against life pension bill for state lawmakers 

A proposed bill seeking to award life pensions for members of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly has been condemned by the All Progressive Congress APC.

Reacting to the bill passed by the House on Wednesday, State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mr. Doifie Buokoribo, described the proposed law as unjust, ungodly and self-serving.

Buokoribo, in a statement issued in Bayelsa on Saturday, said it is unsympathetic for members of the House of Assembly to seek to enhance their own lives at the expense of the vast majority of Bayelsa people living in penury.

He said: “And we have led a robust opposition to the current system of anti-people governance in the state for close to eight years.

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“Regarding this latest move by the House of Assembly, we again say that the idea is avaricious, wicked, and insensitive. By proposing such a law, the lawmakers have merely portrayed themselves as a people who feel no concern for the feelings of their suffering constituents.

“They have once again confirmed that they are in cahoots with the executive in the serial impoverishment of the people of Bayelsa State.

“APC advises the legislature to withdraw the obnoxious pension bill and avoid the appalling crime against the people of Bayelsa State.

“In the event of the legislature’s refusal to heed this solemn advice, we appeal to Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, if he is still in touch with his essential humanity, to refuse assent to the pension bill when it is transmitted to him.

“Failing this, the party calls on the people of Bayelsa State to embark on a campaign of peaceful resistance against the rogue assembly and the poverty regime of Governor Dickson.”

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