The Coordinator, Okey Kanu and other pensioners while briefing journalists in Umuahia on Monday.
Pensioners in Abia State on Monday warned Governor Alex Otti to fulfil his campaign promises to them, insisting that they would not forfeit their entitlements from the state government.
Under the aegis of the Abia Pensioners Forum, the pensioners issued the warning while addressing journalists in Umuahia on Monday, criticising the state government over “the continued plight of pensioners in Abia State and the continued refusal by the State Government to fulfil her several promises in this regard.”
Led by their Coordinator, Okey Kanu, the pensioners accused Otti of reneging on an agreement with them to liquidate their pension and gratuity arrears.
They recalled Otti’s promises during his electioneering campaigns in 2015, 2019 and 2023, stating that the governor’s response to a question from a pensioner on the expectation that gratuity would be paid on or before the end of July 2026, as promised, had left them hopeless.
