Over 30 years of retirement, Manning would collect as much as $2.18 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chambana Sun.
The projection assumes Manning received $45,736 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Manning will have already received $141,365 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.