Be patient with Gov. Ortom, Benue PDP Chairman appeals to pensioners vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
The Peoples Democratic Party Chairman in Benue, Mr John Ngbede, has appealed to pensioners in the state to be patient with the Gov. Samuel Ortom-led administration over their outstanding pension and gratuities.Ngbede, who made the appeal at a press conference held on Saturday in Makurd said that government was making frantic efforts to clear the arrears of their pension and gratuities.
”The commission, which was inaugurated by Gov. Ortom’s PDP led govt recently, is vested with the mandate of tackling holistically issues of pensions to retirees, both in the arrears and on due basis. ”By so doing, our respected retirees would have been seen as giving the commission, and by extension, the Gov. Ortom-led administration, benefit of the doubt.”The Gov. Ortom’s led PDP had also paid over N18 billion as pensions and gratuities to the retirees from 2015 till date.
He particularly condemned the visit to the protesting pensioners by a former Police Commissioner, Alh. Abubakar Tsav.
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