Pensioners in Abia State under the aegis of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), Abia Council, have accused the government of betraying their trust with regard to payment of pension arrears, ABN TV reports.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCGOTme0BTg

Briefing newsmen in Umuahia on Thursday, the union expressed dissatisfaction over Governor Alex Otti's failure to clear outstanding pensions and gratuities despite promises during his election campaign.

"If the Governor His Excellency Dr Alex Otti (OFR) has decided to renege on his campaign promises in clearing all arrears of pensions he met on assumption to office, he should declare it to Abians”, the Union said.

A committee which has as members Prof. Kenneth Kalu, Mazi Michael Akpara, and Dr. Betty Emeka Obasi, was formed to address pension issues in the state.

However, a Memorandum of Understanding reached through the committee is now a subject of dispute.

The union alleges the agreement falsely claims pensioners waived outstanding entitlements.

Chairman Elder Chukwuemeka Irondi stated that Dr. Obasi demanded an NUP letterhead with false information. The state secretary signed the document without proper review.

“Abia pensioners in their state council meeting held on 11th January 2024, decided to waive their outstanding entitlements including pensions and gratuity, and coerced the representatives of the state NUP to endorse such falsehood”, Irondi said.

The chairman urged Governor Otti to openly declare any intention to renege on campaign promises, emphasizing transparency.

This development follows historical protests by Abia pensioners over unpaid pensions and gratuities, with 32 months of arrears reported in 2019.

Source: https://abntv.com.ng/news/gov-otti-failing-in-campaign-promises-abia-pensioners-lament-video/

NUP you guys think I was kidding when I said Alex otti is a disgrace to good governernce in any aspect

Watch as apc criminals and wicked individuals come into this thread to discredit the good works of the abia government. Pdp ruled this state for more than 20 years with only wickedness and oppression on the people. Now Alex otti is doing a good work and bringing relief to abia people from the evil pdp inflicted since 1999 and some people are bringing in propaganda and apc elements are behind the scenes trying to paint a government bad like the states where apc and their stooges rigged and manipulated inec into Power.

politicians in Nigeria cannot be trusted

Obidients will say they are paid by Tinubu to destroy Otti.

In as much as I appreciated the start up work he did during his first era ... How he brought the light project to life and road projects...... Paying a reasonable wage to the workers generating funds for the state is his weakest point and could render him useless in the forthcoming election.

He will pay...


Just give him time...

alfredo4u:
He will pay...


Just give him time...

The same way ,Tinubu will make Nigeria great ,give him time

Why is Nairaland championing this very sinister online attacks against governor Otti? How many negative threads every week against this man? Not even the corrupt ex governor of Abia state was vilified this way here. Do we need anyone to tell us that Mr Otti is a massive fresh air compared to the stench that used to ooz out from the Abia state government house? His administrative strides and achievements in a very short time are there to be seen. Are these paid attacks?

So how can this place chose the most hardworking governor from the SE for this endless virulent attacks? In the south east, we have a very atrocious governor at the moment, who is basically running his state down. And he is a member of the ruling party, who was imposed on his people by a suspicious supreme Court judgement. But he seldom gets any negative mention here. Why the sudden fixation on Otti? Or are some people angry if there is any shining light fron the east?

Hahaha.. What a joke.

The best judge are the masses. And we saw many many videos posted from their individual handles in celebration of how Otti is treating their pension affairs.

That definitely trumps this ring light and obviously funded video. Need a litmus test, take to the streets, and I mean it, take to the streets. Nairaland needs to take a break from these poorly thought witch hunting swigs.

The orchestrators should know this would only sell to those whose paymaster is the Kerosene-Lord as well as the default Hamas and Hezbollah supporters we've always had around.

Some people still show naivety when analysing Nigerian politics

There is no messaiah anywhere. Whenever any election comes, just vote your shit and allow others vote their shit peacefully.

ccollins:
Watch as apc criminals and wicked individuals come into this thread to discredit the good works of the abia government. Pdp ruled this state for more than 20 years with only wickedness and oppression on the people. Now Alex otti is doing a good work and bringing relief to abia people from the evil pdp inflicted since 1999 and some people are bringing in propaganda and apc elements are behind the scenes trying to paint a government bad like the states where apc and their stooges rigged and manipulated inec into Power.

Sharap, I'm an Abian and a civil servant. Otti is as worse as his predecessors. He has refused to pay the 70k minimum wage and have not said anything meaningful until now.
He was asked to pay the workers wage bill of 30k for 6 months and he bluntly refused. The workers went on strike and he paid just 15k for 3months. How is he doing well. Tell me please, I'm all ears.

JASONjnr:
In as much as I appreciated the start up work he did during his first era ... How he brought the light project to life and road projects...... Paying a reasonable wage to the workers generating funds for the state is his weakest point and could render him useless in the forthcoming election.

It doesnt work like that and shouldn't work like that. States are not created to be some clearing houses for sharing revenues through ambiguous wage bills. He is doing roads and hospitals and achools. People will vote for him because of that. If any civil servant does not like the much that the Abia state government is paying, he or she should resign and go get self employment at Aba or Umuahia. Money needed to upgrade infastructures around the state should not be used to fatten the greedy pockets of a very loquacious few! Many Aba businessmen make in a day what some civil servants make in a month. That should mitivate any disgruntled worker!

wizod:


Sharap, I'm an Abian and a civil servant. Otti is as worse as his predecessors. He has refused to pay the 70k minimum wage and have not said anything meaningful until now.
He was asked to pay the workers wage bill of 30k for 6 months and he bluntly refused. The workers went on strike and he paid just 15k for 3months. How is he doing well. Tell me please, I'm all ears.

Then resign and go and start a business! Do it today!
I graduated long time ago and i never worked for any government or anybody. Stop being lazy. Abia needs the money for the projects. Go and start a business and start paying taxes, you lazy bum!

MadPolitician:

It doesnt work like that and shouldn't work like that. States are not created to be some clearing houses for sharing revenues through ambiguous wage bills. He is doing roads and hospitals and achools. People will vote for him because of that. If any civil servant does not like the much that the Abia state government is paying, he or she should resign and go get self employment at Aba or Umuahia. Money needed to upgrade infastructures around the state should not be used to fatten the greedy pockets of a very loquacious few! Many Aba businessmen make in a day what some civil servants make in a month. That should mitivate any disgruntled worker!

Now what's the difference between this your argument and the one that says the federal government need to end subsidy and stop defending naira to be able to have more for infrastructure?

They are all d same but I give it to osun governor he try his best in that part

MadPolitician:


Then resign and go and start a business! Do it today!
I graduated long time ago and i never worked for any government or anybody. Stop being lazy. Abia needs the money for the projects. Go and start a business and start paying taxes, you lazy bum!

Wow, wow, wow. So you can defend the same thing you cuss and insult APC and Tinubu government for everyday?

We try to explain you guys hypocrisy to some naive minds among the populace that believe in your propaganda and hate and we will continue doing so. You call Ogun state governor all sorts of names, you insult Sanwo Olu, cuss Ondo, berate Osun but Otti doesn't come close to any of these states governor at all but here we are. Imagine the way you are defending Otti and attacking someone that's directly suffering from Otti's incompetence.

You are really wicked. I mean mean wicked.

It's not possible

Pat081:
They are all d same but I give it to osun governor he try his best in that part

Osun get governor? No be Osun and Ogun state deh compete for who get worse governor for South West?

ObiORBiafra:

Now what's the difference between this your argument and the one that says the federal government need to end subsidy and stop defending naira to be able to have more for infrastructure?

End subsidies ooo, or not end subsidies oo, what is my own? I barwly stay in the dead country.
Kill yourself there.
It even favours me. I earn mostly from outside the country.

You can remove the subsidies from the air you breath if that makes you happy and fix taxes before Nigerians shit. Your headache. Nothing tinubu does will unravel someone like me. You that is defending him will die a thousand times before his policies kill me.

Abia governor has a lot of projects going on in Abia state and some of you are playing ethnic politics here, because you want every other progressing state that is not from your zone, to be re-tarded. You don't want to "accommodate" others anymore, but you want no other state from other regions to progress. The weird mentality of a Tribal Sadist.

What exactly do you want?

ccollins:
Watch as apc criminals and wicked individuals come into this thread to discredit the good works of the abia government. Pdp ruled this state for more than 20 years with only wickedness and oppression on the people. Now Alex otti is doing a good work and bringing relief to abia people from the evil pdp inflicted since 1999 and some people are bringing in propaganda and apc elements are behind the scenes trying to paint a government bad like the states where apc and their stooges rigged and manipulated inec into Power.

Will you you keep shut, you dirty slave.

Your parents in Abia are being treated worse than slaves but you are here defending evil. Are you under a curse?

Otti has been paying pension consistently but the issue here is the back left by previous administrations which cannot be settled at once

MadPolitician:
Why is Nairaland championing this very sinister online attacks against governor Otti? How many negative threads every week against this man? Not even the corrupt ex governor of Abia state was vilified this way here. Do we need anyone to tell us that Mr Otti is a massive fresh air compared to the stench that used to ooz out from the Abia state government house? His administrative strides and achievements in a very short time are there to be seen. Are these paid attacks?

So how can this place chose the most hardworking governor from the SE for this endless virulent attacks? In the south east, we have a very atrocious governor at the moment, who is basically running his state down. And he is a member of the ruling party, who was imposed on his people by a suspicious supreme Court judgement. But he seldom gets any negative mention here. Why the sudden fixation on Otti? Or are some people angry if there is any shining light fron the east?

Its like Otti is the only governor in Nigeria, it looks as if we don't have Goveenors in Sokoto, Ondo, Taraba, Cross River on Nairaland, its only Otti that makes FP consistently with all kinds of propaganda against him

MadPolitician:
Why is Nairaland championing this very sinister online attacks against governor Otti? How many negative threads every week against this man? Not even the corrupt ex governor of Abia state was vilified this way here. Do we need anyone to tell us that Mr Otti is a massive fresh air compared to the stench that used to ooz out from the Abia state government house? His administrative strides and achievements in a very short time are there to be seen. Are these paid attacks?

So how can this place chose the most hardworking governor from the SE for this endless virulent attacks? In the south east, we have a very atrocious governor at the moment, who is basically running his state down. And he is a member of the ruling party, who was imposed on his people by a suspicious supreme Court judgement. But he seldom gets any negative mention here. Why the sudden fixation on Otti? Or are some people angry if there is any shining light fron the east?

I never thought the day would come when I would see an Igbo man wear isiagu and be defending slavery.

You're a disgrace to your ancestors and generations.

MadPolitician:

End subsidies ooo, or not end subsidies oo, what is my own? I barwly stay in the dead country.
Kill yourself there.
It even favours me. I earn mostly from outside the country.

You can remove the subsidies from the air you breath if that makes you happy and fix taxes before Nigerians shit. Your headache. Nothing tinubu does will unravel someone like me. You that is defending him will die a thousand times before his policies kill me.

Abia governor has a lot of projects going on in Abia state and some of you are playing ethnic politics here, because you want every other progressing state that is not from your zone, to be re-tarded. You don't want to "accommodate" others anymore, but you want no other state from other regions to progress. The weird mentality of a Tribal Sadist.

What exactly do you want?

You are just an hypocrital bigot.

MadPolitician:


Then resign and go and start a business! Do it today!
I graduated long time ago and i never worked for any government or anybody. Stop being lazy. Abia needs the money for the projects. Go and start a business and start paying taxes, you lazy bum!

wow!
See reasoning, don't be surprised this one is an adult o. Chai.

MadPolitician:


Then resign and go and start a business! Do it today!
I graduated long time ago and i never worked for any government or anybody. Stop being lazy. Abia needs the money for the projects. Go and start a business and start paying taxes, you lazy bum!

You people didn't know this when you were cheering Ajaero on thinking he was helping you fight your proxy war with Tinubu. Now, you are defending the madness Otti is showing Abians.

You Obidients are senseless bigots and dirty smelly hypocrites.

Dpharisee:
Otti has been paying pension consistently but the issue here is the back left by previous administrations which cannot be settled at once

Another Igbo man defending slavery.
Spits

Nomercie:



Osun get governor? No be Osun and Ogun state deh compete for who get worse governor for South West?

dapo abiodun is better than most ss and se governors.

Na only Otti Of Abia and Lagos dey for Media mouth?Everyday Otti Otti,Abia.Over 30 states hardly make the news here,nobody questions them but the one doing all he can to right wrongs is always being attacked.

Evil ppl only waiting to hear bad news every time.Allow the man to fix Abia state

ObiORBiafra:


You are just an hypocrital bigot.

Who are all these platoon of agbadorian rodents and desert iguanas quoting me at the speed of light here. These blundering bunch of ineffective buffoons. Cant even fix a country even if your life depends on it.

The energy you guys should use to fix Nigeria from Abuja, you chose to expend that starting fires in Abia and similar places because as willing serfs, you are eternally beholden to greater servitude!

Generational mgbus!

wizod:


Sharap, I'm an Abian and a civil servant. Otti is as worse as his predecessors. He has refused to pay the 70k minimum wage and have not said anything meaningful until now.
He was asked to pay the workers wage bill of 30k for 6 months and he bluntly refused. The workers went on strike and he paid just 15k for 3months. How is he doing well. Tell me please, I'm all ears.

Pls point out 5 states that has paid Min wage right now.Everything you've heard is on social media ,he promised October and he's not an exception.You are a civil servant and yet you seem like you prefer OVis style with its biased payment between core and Non core with its irregularities .The 13th salary he paid last year December for the 1st time in Abia history ,you chopped and cleaned mouth,how many states paid theirs.Timely salary payments which doesn't exceed 27th .
The debt he's offsetting from health to Education to pensions etc are humongous and he will be meticulous about his accounts considering he's a career banker.
Mounds of dirts are no more a common sight in the state.
Onye hụru eziokwu kwuo ya màkà mgbe nke yá!

Wait till 28 Oct before you vilify him.The man is working.

Modified: just realized I was talking with Sanwoolu Media crew including the idi..t that claimed he's a civil servant from Abia.
F..CK y'all.Abia will rise like the Phoenix!

MadPolitician:


Who are all these platoon of agbadorian rodents and desert iguanas quoting me at the speed of light here. These blundering bunch of ineffective buffoons. Cant even fix a country even if your life depends on it.

The energy you guys should use to fix Nigeria from Abuja, you chose to expend that starting fires in Abia and similar places because as willing serfs, you are eternally beholden to greater servitude!

Generational mgbus!

Big English won't cover your lack of sens