Former First Lady Varshnie Singh is not entitled to a “First Lady’s pension” since the law only provides for such a pension to be paid to a widow, Permanent Secretary within the Office of the President (OP) Dr Nanda Gopaul says.
Facing burgeoning scrutiny over the pension that President Bharrat Jagdeo will earn when he demits office, Gopaul on Friday night released the pensions received by former president Arthur Chung and the previous first ladies with the exception of Singh. AFC presidential candidate Khemraj Ramjattan, in a report carried subsequently by the Kaieteur News, was quoted as saying that Singh was entitled to a First Lady’s pension. Singh and President Bharrat Jagdeo were married in
