Life pension for President,vice

THE National Assembly, yesterday, completed the
amendment of the 1999 Constitution with
approval of life pension for anybody who has held
office as President or Vice President, Senate
President or Deputy Senate President, Speaker or
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.
But beneficiaries of this gesture must be
occupants who successfully concluded their terms
in office without removal or impeachment.
The amended constitution, which was presented
as motion, to the floor of the Senate by the
Chairman, Senate Committee on the Review of
the 1999 Constitution, Senator Ike Ekweremadu,
for onward transmission to the president for
assent, also made it mandatory for the president
to appear once a year before the joint sitting of
the National Assembly to deliver an address in
respect of the state of the nation.
But the president, in the expected constitution,
loses the power to solely assent to bills passed
by the National Assembly. The same applies to
state governors.
The amended Clause read: “Any person who has
held office as President or Deputy President of
the Senate, Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the
House of Representatives, shall be entitled to
pension for life at a rate equivalent to the annual
salary of the incumbent President or Deputy
President of the Senate, Speaker or Deputy
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
provided that such a person was not removed
from office by the process of impeachment or for
breach of any of the provisions of this
Constitution.
“The president shall attend a joint meeting of the
National Assembly once a year to deliver an
address in respect of the state of the nation. He
may attend any joint meeting of the National
Assembly, either to deliver an address on national
affairs including fiscal measures, or to make such
statement on the policy of government as he
considers to be of national importance.”
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