Delta Retirees Plan ‘Mother Of All Protests’ Over Unpaid Pensions, Gratuities, Others By Governor Okowa

All plans have been concluded by the Concerned Delta State Local Government Contributory Retirees Forum to embark on what it called the “mother of all protests”.The protest is to draw attention to what the forum described as “failed N10 billion promises” made by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as well as the death of its members over the past eight months.

According to the forum, Okowa who is the vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), in the forthcoming 2023 general elections, in March promised to release N10 billion to retirees for the payment of their pensions, gratuities and other entitlements but has failed to fulfil his promise eight months after.

Rising from an enlarged meeting on Wednesday in Ughelli, the forum warned Okowa that should he fail to fulfil his promise within the next one week, he should be ready to witness the ‘mother of all protests’ in Asaba, the state capital in the next few days.

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