The governor of Abia State, Dr Alex Otti (OFR) has assured public servants and pensioners in the state that the payment of their accumulated wage bills and pensions will commence the end of June 2023.
The Abia governor used the forum to inform the people that the project of rebuilding and remodeling Umuahia as a befitting state capita by his administration will begin in the next couple of months.
Otti, while speaking at the Thanksgiving Service/Reception for Hon Obi Aguocha, the newly sworn in Member for Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, at the Okaiuga Nkwoegwu Central School, Ohuhu in Umuahia North LGA of Abia State, said payment of pensions would have commenced if not for the inconsistencies and fictitious names inserted in the list of pensioners by the past government.
According to him, in order to determine the actual number of pensioners, his government decided to conduct a forensic audit on them and assured that the June 2023 pension will not pass them by.
Though, he acknowledged that the task is challenging, he nonetheless added that “It’s because of the challenge that you collectively asked me to come and tackled it”.
The Abia chief executive accused the immediate past government of spreading falsehood by lying that it left N24billion in the state treasury while actually, he disclosed that the Okezie Ikpeazu administration left a debt of over N191billion.
Earlier, Representative Obi Aguocha had said it was God that made him a member of House of Representatives which ultimately gave the people of Ohuhu their due right in the political equation of Ikwuano/Umuahia.
He assured his constituents and Abia citizens in general of his readiness to ensure that their due at the federal level will be brought home, even as he used the forum to inform them that he will pursue with vigor the immediate and unconditional rrelease of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB).
Earlier, at the Thanksgiving Service, the Anglican Bishop of Umuahia Diocese, Rt Rev Geofrey Ibeabuchi had tasked Aguocha to ensure that those who gave him the mandate to represent them at the House of Representatives actually have a voice in the National Assembly, describing his victory at the February 25 poll was an act of God.
