We Have Lost Our Wives To Okada Men’ – Benue Pensioners Protest 34, 74 Months Arrears

Pensioners under the auspices of Aggrieved Pensioners in Benue state have held peaceful march to protest 34 and 74 months of arrears of pension and gratuity owed them at the state and local government levels respectively.

The aggrieved pensioners who took off from Ken Ville Park, High Level area of Makurdi, went round the city center chanting solidarity songs while bearing placards with inscriptions such as “All We Are Saying, Give Us Our Pension And Gratuity Mr Governor,” “Mr Governor, Defender of Benue Valley Please Defend Us Pensioners Too Otherwise We Die Finish,” “Mr Governor, Pay Us Our Pension And Gratuities. We Too Need Money To Eat,” among others.

Chairman of the group, Mr. Akosu Ugba, who led members round the town, told journalists that they are holding a peace protest to demand their pay and to also let the whole world know what they are going through.

“We have gathered to tell the whole world what is happening to us. We want to let the world know that we are hungry, that we have been maltreated.”

Describing their non-payment as inhuman, Ugba said “what is happening to us is inhumanity to humanity. We have not been paid for 34 months and 74 months at state and local government respectively.

“Our children no longer go to school because we cannot afford their school fees. We have lost our wives to okada people because we are no longer economically productive. We cannot do anything. Some of our people are dying because they are on special drugs, some on special diets but cannot afford them again.”

The Chairman who stated that Benue pensioners are dying silently following the inhuman treatment and the attendant psychological trauma noted that over 500 members have died so far.

He lamented:

“We had gone to the government house when we protested earlier but the speaker, Titus Uba, told us then that the bailout that was released by the federal government does not cover pensions. We spent seven days and seven nights after which thugs were sent to chase us away.”

He, therefore, called on the state government to pay their entitlements of 34 months and 74 months arrears at the state and local government respectively saying:

“Now that the Paris Club refund has been released at the same time with the federal allocation, they should pay us six months out of the 32 and 74 months being owed to alleviate our suffering and stabilize us and thereafter pay two months consecutively until the backlog of the arrears are cleared. This is our demand.”

The Next Edition recall that state Governor Samuel Ortom had pleaded with pensioners, when they protested in 2019, to be patient with his administration as it will find ways to offset their arrears.

He has, however, domesticated the PENCOM Law to enable government pay the arrears of pension in the state.

Source: https://salemreporters.com/we-have-lost-our-wives-to-okada-men-benue-pensioners-protest-34-74-months-arrears/

What a country rule by unfortunate people! They keep using our money to build business empire at the detriment of the poor masses.

If only Fulanii herdsmen were not disturbing Ortom.

Ortom Ortom!
The clueless man using herdsmen crisis to cover his monumental failure.
Watch as he comes out tomorrow u to blame Buhari for this

Ortom has seen attacking the vegetable in Aso Rock as his main duty and he has forgotten his primary duties as a Governor.

LMAO. Why don't they just join the Okada business and regain their wives?
On a serious note, Gov. Samuel Ortom needs to sort out these pensioners. It's inhumane to treat them like that.

Ortom I know Buhari is not releasing your own state allawee well well, we will forgive you. But if you have pls pay the old people.

My prayer is that may this cucumber never finds its way to Nigeria.

While senators are in the comfort of their hotel rooms collecting huge sums as news papers allowance.


SPIT!

74 Kini.

What a jungle.

I will not be surprised, if by tomorrow, Otom comes out to blame the inability to pay the pension on Fulani herdsmen

But what is Governor Ortom using the people of Benue state money for

Ur people are against igbos fighting for their own Right not knowing that Benue people are actually dying of hunger and raw cash.

If you want to perform as a Governor in the eyes of many people, just be a Buhari critic..

When its time to pay salaries and pension
Ortom will start war of words with fulani herdmen and Buhari so that if asked to pay salaries he will say he is fighting fulani herdsmen as if fighting herdsmen stops him from paying salaries

Ortom is a monster with no conscience.



Trivia; Do you know, that Ortom has been banned by the Catholic bishop of Makurdi from speaking at any Catholic function in the diocese? The instruction is, as long as you are owing salaries and pensions, don't handle the mic in the Catholic church.

The state is one of the most corrupt state in Nigeria. The now former (few days back) head of the BIRS (Benue state internal revenue service) is building school, hotel, bakery etc in the state, the person in charge of Benue links (state transport service) is leaving like a King, head of Benue state property development development agency is leaving large, the governor is busy buying all landed properties in the state and frequenting china for his personal business and the state cannot pay pensions for over 30 months.

A given tribe have been in power since the creation of the state and have run the state to the ground.

The headline though.
Wetin vagina people no go see for una okada cuccumber mouth?

So you mean if I ride a car.. I can even collect the governor's wife??



Daiska

Bad

ANAMBRA STATE OF EMERGENCY LOADING...
TIME TO TAKE-OUT TERRORIST AND BANDITS!!

74 months of arrears of pension and gratuities.... Fvck mehn... Blacks truly have no business running their own countries... We are just too greedy and wicked.

Benue governor is busy blaming Fulani for all his failures

Ortom do something now, this is not about Buhari again

Almost 8 years, Benue state, the ortomatic fiam fiam governor has not commissioned a single project.

Every day he keeps blaming Fulani for his woes.

What a failure.

wahala for person wey no be "okada man" for Benue

Very bad oo.
Even benue people too?.
And after, otom will be on Buhari neck crying foul.
Na we dey kill ourselves.

Why are you lieing? If they were building business empires, we would have been lucky. They just steal, keep and spend.

Where is the business empire of Ortom? Where is that of IBB?

Xscape1993:
What a country rule by unfortunate people! They keep using our money to build business empire at the detriment of the poor masses.