Adelani Adepegba, AbujaAbout three weeks after leaving office, former governors, ministers and lawmakers have yet to return their diplomatic passports. But findings by Saturday PUNCH on Friday indicated that most of the holders of the diplomatic passports were illegally holding on to them. Our correspondent also learnt that ex-commissioners, top Federal Civil Service officials and council bosses were among those yet to surrender their diplomatic passports. It was learnt that only former presidents, vice-presidents and heads of states are qualified to hold on to their diplomatic passports for life. He said he had written to the National Assembly to tie payment of such ex-lawmakers’ terminal benefits to the return of the diplomatic passports issued to them.

Source: Punch June 14, 2019 23:36 UTC