Abia State Governor, Alex Otti instructs that civil servants and pensioners in Abia State receive their salaries before political office holders are paid.
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has instructed that civil servants and pensioners in Abia State must receive their salaries before political office holders are paid.
He said this as he lamented that pensioners were owed for so long by previous administrations in the state, before the backlog of the unpaid pensions were cleared by his administration.
Governor Otti said this in his Easter message to Abia citizens, wondering why retired civil servants who served the state were denied their pensions for so long.
He noted that paying people their pensions should not be a subject of excitement but explained that the joy in the faces of the retirees stemmed from the fact that they were owed for too long.
He thanked the executives and members of Nigerian Union of Pensioners in the State for their faith in his administration, stressing that the welfare of Abia people was very important to his administration.
He declared that Abia has become one of the safest states on the country and advised Abia indigenes and visitors to tour and invest in the state without fear.
He congratulated Abia people and Christians in general on the celebration of this year’s Easter, saying that no part of the state would be left undeveloped under his watch.