It was a good development that the Federal Government's inability to pay salaries and allowances of former presidents in the last 10 months was not ignored by the news media.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, who disclosed the development recently to members of the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs in Abuja, said President Muhammadu Buhari could not approve the payments to the former leaders because of lack of funds. Those affected include Shehu Shagari, Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, Ibrahim Babangida, Ernest Shonekan, Abdusalami Abubakar, Yakubu Gowon. They have been owed for 10 months.
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