Dennis Amayo, A 57-year-old father has threatened to commit suicide on Valentine’s Day (14 February) should Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State fail to pay his eight-month pension arrears.
Amayo who is demanding for the payment of his pension arrears is in dire need of the money to go about the preparation of the burial of his father whom he says is in the mortuary. “I am my father’s first born. It will be immoral of me to task my younger ones to bring money for his burial while I cannot bring anything for the burial,” he stated.
He addressed journalists in Benin this morning, said he served the state meritoriously for 35 years in the Ministry of Agriculture and retired in August last year. He has tendered a document to show proof that he indeed joined the then Bendel State Ministry of Agriculture on July 7, 1978 and retired as a field overseer last year.
He addressed journalists in Benin this morning, said he served the state meritoriously for 35 years in the Ministry of Agriculture and retired in August last year. He has tendered a document to show proof that he indeed joined the then Bendel State Ministry of Agriculture on July 7, 1978 and retired as a field overseer last year.
In his hand-written petition to Governor Oshiomhole, the Igbanke-born father of four said the state was owing him “eight months pension arrears,” adding “please sir, pay me before February 14, 2014. I lost my father, otherwise, I will commit suicide.”
He warned that should the governor failed to pay him, he will sacrifice his life to raise awareness for other pensioners owed several months of unpaid pensions.
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