Ekiti Pensioners: We are tired of one day, one death

Slam Fayose for alleged neglect

Pensioners in Ekiti State have slammed Governor Ayodele Fayose for alleged neglect which is has triggered daily deaths among them

Acting under the aegis of Concerned Local Government Pensioners Association of Nigeria (CLGPAN), they regretted that unpaid arrears of pension have caused them untold hardship.

The embattled retirees said they are tired of “one day, one death among them” calling on the governor-elect Dr. Kayode Fayemi to make their welfare a priority during his administration.

They said Fayose’s alleged neglect, which they said had impoverished their members and made them vulnerable to all forms of diseases.

The pensioners made the appeal on Wednesday after a prayer session organized to seek the face of God against high incidences of deaths among members.

A communiqué issued at the end of the session and signed by CLGPAN’s Coordinator/Chairman, Alhaji Quadri Oguntuase  and Secretary, Mr. Abiodun Agboola, regretted that none of its member has  received  its monthly pension since January, 2018.

The communique said it sounded so pathetic that while Nigerians were celebrating   Independence Day on October 1, that pensioner in Ekiti were burying their members and crying over avoidable issues.

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“At that payer session, we didn’t just pray for God’s intervention, we also viewed the neglect of our members in the scheme of things as callous, and greatest height of insensitivity.

“We want to alert the public that we have not been paid once this year, we have no reason to shout happy new year since 2018, because our we have not been paid.

“Everybody is celebrating Independence Day, but we are mourning over our colleagues who have died in the course excruciating pains of hunger and treatable diseases.

“Some of us live on the children who have no specific jobs after their graduation and service year. We are tired of this situation and the next government must change the trend.

“On this note, we appeal to the Governor-elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi to make the welfare of our members its priority.

“He should as a matter of importance arrest the deaths among our members. How can someone worked for 35 years and later abandoned to suffer in the hands of government?

“What made our situation more pathetic was that, it was the same government we served that has been meting out this punishment on us. We are tired of one-day, one -death  among our members”, the communiqué stated.