Shekarau Denies Asking Buhari For Severance Package

A former Minister of Education in the Jonathan administration, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau has said that he and some of his colleagues did not at any time demand severance packages from President Muhammadu Buhari.

He said that knowing that they joined the Jonathan cabinet at a later date, they did not expect to be paid any severance allowance.

A statement issued through
his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Sule Yau Sule reads;

“Malam, like his other counterparts in Jonathan’s cabinet did not request for severance package from this administration. Therefore , the question of their being refused does not arise.

“For the avoidance of doubt and to set the records straight, the ministers who joined the Jonathan administration at a later date were aware they were not entitled to severance package since they did not meet the two-year benchmark.

“They were aware of the extant laws on compensation as they affect public office holders and did not request to be paid what they were not entitled to, either while in office or after they left.

“Therefore, the claim that the former ministers may forfeit their severance pay is both inaccurate and presumptuous.

“It must be reiterated here that the primary motivation for Malam in accepting appointment into the Federal Executive Council was to serve this country for which he remains grateful and harbours no regrets.”