Akpabio Promises To Ensure Open Contest In 2015 Elections

The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, says the 100 million Naira health insurance for governors contained in the new pension law was put in place to help check certain excesses in the system and reduce the cost of medical treatment for past and current governors.

Before the new 100 million Naira maximum cost of medical treatment was set, there was no limit to the amount that the governors and their deputies collect.

Governor Akpabio told Channels Television on Friday that the old law was open-ended and without provision for the government to ask questions about the amount stipulated in medical bills when presented.