Former governor of Kano State, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, has said that it is a crime for any government to owe pensioners who once sacrificed their lives to serve the nation.

Shekarau said this in Nsukka during the maiden alumni home-coming/reunion of the School of Postgraduate Studies of University of Nigeria, Nsukka, while presenting a lecture titled “Nation-Building: the Role of Human Development and Good Governance.”

He said to encourage national development, pensioners who sacrifice a good part of their lives to serve their fatherland should be accorded respect and paid their pension regularly.

“To me, it is a crime for (any) government, be it Federal or state to owe pensioners who served their fatherland with their strength and youthful energy.”

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