‘I’m paid N577,000 monthly pension’ – Fashola

Babatunde Fashola, former Minister of Works and Housing and ex-Governor of Lagos State, clarified that his sole financial benefit from the government is a monthly pension of N577,000 as a former governor.

Addressing speculations, he emphasized that he is not receiving billions of naira from the federal government during his eight years of ministerial service, speaking on the Arise TV show “Perspectives” on Saturday.

When asked if financial benefits were accrued to him as a former public servant, he said: “The benefit I get, I think, is a N577,000 monthly pension from Lagos State. That’s all I get.

“So, in spite of all the stories that we got several billions of money (after leaving office), I’ve come out to deny that repeatedly. I don’t know how long it lasts, but I only know that I get N577,000 per month consistently,” he said.

Asked if there were other benefits from the federal government, he said “no.”