About four retirees were rushed to an undisclosed hospital as they slumped during a protest march in Owerri, the Imo state capital on Tuesday July 28.
The pensioners were demanding five months pension arrears. While clutching placards depicting their plight they blocked roads leading in and out of the state government house, demanding that the Governor Hope Uzodinma administration pay them their pensions and gratuities.
One of the retirees, Mrs Margret Onuoha, who was revived, while shedding tears told journalists that despite retiring as a director on Grade Level 14, the government had continued to frustrate her. She added that her husband, Eugene Onuoha, also a retiree died in the struggle in 2016 and was never paid till date.
Iyke Ohaneje, The Chairman, Pensioners Intervention Committee in the state, expressed his sadness, he said that the government was not sincere to the retirees.
He said, “The government is owing us a total of 45 months, but we are asking government to pay us five months arrears accumulated since March 2020.”
The state Commissioner of Police, Issac Akinmoyede, who addressed the pensioners, assured them that their matter would be discussed at the state security meeting which holds on Wednesday.”
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