Pensioners Beg Wike To Pay Gratuities
By Emmanuel Awosika
Pensioners in Abia State have pleaded with the state’s governor, Nyesom Wike, to pay the four years’ arrears and gratuities owed them.
In a statement, Lucky Ati, spokesman for the pensioners, stated that some of them last received payment from the state government in 2015.
The pensioners said they had written several letters to the Governor to no avail in a letter released to newsmen yesterday in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
“The administration preceding Wike enacted the contributory pension without preparations and plans for a smooth take-off; this has caused us untold hardship and even deaths,” they lamented.
The pensioners said they were grateful to Wike for abolishing the pension law but begged him to pay their money, as it would improve their dismal living conditions.
