Retirees urge Ikpeazu to pay up 3 years pension arrears
*Governor Okezie Ikpeazu
(Nigeria) Pensioners of Abia State University Teaching
Hospital, on Wednesday urged Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to use part of the refund
given to the state from Paris debt deductions to settle their three years
pension arrears.
Mr Victor Nwogwugwu, Chairman of the hospital’s pensioners,
made the appeal in an interview with NAN in Aba, Abia State.
He said that the government should use part of the N10
billion it got from the refund to pay up the arrears.
“We the ABSUTH pensioners want to remind the governor that
when the first federal government bail-out fund was received by Abia state,
salaries were paid with it but we did not benefit from it.
“Now that the governor has made a promise to pay up workers
salary arrears with half of the money he has received from Paris Club, he
should remember ABSUTH pensioners and workers.
“We are human beings but have kept quiet over the bad
treatment given us until now.
“The government should reciprocate our good gesture of peace
with the reward of paying up our three years pension arrears,” the chairman
said.
Nwogwugwu lamented that for three years the government had
neglected them and were left to suffer, thereby resulting to the death of many
of them.
According to him, most of those who died were unable to
access medical services due to poverty following non payment of their pension.
He therefore urged the government, “in the spirit of
fairness,” to pay the ABSUTH pensioners
their pension entitlements.
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