By Adadareporters
The governor of Enugu State, Barr Peter Mbah, Wednesday, said retired workers of the state government would soon enjoy seamless payment of their pensions and gratuities.
Mbah stated this when he addressed the people of the state to mark his one year in office. Our correspondent reports that retirees of the state civil service are among the most owed pensioners in the country, with their neglect passing across three state administrations.
Mbah acknowledged their pains, adding that their matters would be settled soon after the ongoing verification of serving and retired civil servants of the state.
Quoting him, “We have paid considerable attention to the twin-issues of pensions and gratuities. Our senior citizens deserve their due reward when they retire, having devoted a great percentage of their lives in service to the state.
“Doing so, however, requires some verification exercise to digitalize the process and make the payments seamless, going forward. We have, in fact, cleared the verified backlog.”
On his efforts to end the perennial water scarcity in Enugu metropolis, Mbah said his administration had increased the daily water supply to the city from two million litres to 120 million litres.
He said, “We have transitioned from that utterly unacceptable narrative to a situation where potable water is accessed simply by turning on taps in homes and in public galleries.”
He attributed the absence of water supply in some parts of Enugu to vandalism and obsolete pipes, which he said were laid in the 1950s.
In his words, “Those pipes had become brittle and corroded, and could barely contain the intense water pressure. Once that process is complete, a city-wide reticulation would be achieved.”
