Expdonaloaded News; Rivers pensioners, civil servants protest unpaid salaries

Members of Ni­geria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Rivers State council and civil ser­vants in the state, yester­day protested over what they described as insensi­tivity of Governor Chibui­ke Amaechi-led adminis­tration, to non-payment of pension and salaries in the past two to six months.

The protesters, who be­sieged the state secretariat at about 9.a.m, alleged that the state governor had refused to respond to the welfare of retired and serving workers in the state.post by expdonaloaded.blogspot.com...They said the inability of the government to pay pen­sion and salaries as at when due, had contributed to the untold hardship and deaths being experienced by both serving and retired workers in the state.
The peaceful protest­ers, who were drawn from ministries of the state gov­ernment, vowed that they would not relent in their agi­tation, until their demands were met.
Addressing the protesters, the state Secretary of NUP, Joseph Agbo, condemned the state government for refusing to emulate other states of the federation that had paid salaries and pen­sion till date.
Agbo wondered why the state with internally gener­ated revenue (IGR) of about N10 billion monthly, which was far from what was be­ing generated in some states, could not pay the workers and pensioners.
Agbo used the medium to call on Governor Amae­chi to pay up their pensions for the months of January, February, March and April, 2015, before leaving office.