ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Retirees from various primary schools across the 25 Local Government Areas of Delta state on Monday barricaded the government house over nonpayment of pensions.
The retirees who wore black attires carried placards of different inscriptions such as “Wicked Okowa pay us our pensions” and “Okowa you are owing the living and the dead” among others, The Punch report.
The protesters stopped vehicular movement in and out of the government house, demanding their rights.
They also blocked the popular Anwai road causing heavy gridlock along the road as many of them sat on the road with mat, shouting “Only Okowa will address us.”
One of the retirees, Patrick Lori, told Punch that they were being owned since 2015 till date after 35 years of service.
As of the time of filling this report, the retirees rejected representatives of the Governor to address them and vowed to remain at the Government House entrance until Okowa addressed them.