On-the-pathetic-and-deplorable-state-of-pensioners-in-delta-state-a-sheer-wickedness-of-past-and-present-delta-state-governors-that-will-attract-incure-the-wrath-of-god
September 7, 2020 | News
ON THE PATHETIC AND DEPLORABLE STATE OF PENSIONERS’ IN DELTA STATE: A SHEER WICKEDNESS OF PAST AND PRESENT DELTA STATE GOVERNORS THAT WILL ATTRACT/INCURE THE WRATH OF GOD
Call it man’s ‘deliberate’ wickedness to his fellow man, or man’s inhumanity to others; you would be correct, in describing how past and present Delta State Governors have treated, and are still treating Delta State Pensioners of the State’s Civil Service, especially retired Teachers. We simply cannot understand why, and how can a supposed Government not prioritize the prompt and consistent payment of gratuities of its men and women who have retired from active service? How can civil servants/teachers in the State’s public school, sacrificially put in 35 years of their lives and sweats, yet their gratuities are deliberately delayed, or not paid at all until they eventually get sent to early graves?
To say that Delta State Pensioners have been having it very rough and tough in life, is to put it mildly. It was observed that, for Pensioners in Delta State who have ‘connections’ in Government and the Public Service Authorities, it takes between 4 - 5 years after retirement, before they are paid a dime of their gratuities, which nobody actually understands the exact amount that is due to them. In fact, no about-to-retire civil servant in Delta State know exactly how much he/she will be paid as gratuity when they retire. And for those who do not have any ‘connections’ in Government and within the Authorities of the Public Service, their expectant of their gratuities is without any number of years. Hence, many of them are sent to their early graves without receiving a dime of their gratuities. So, Delta State pensioners that are without any other regular income after retirement from service, would either wait for at least four or five years (for those with connections) or wait for endless years, most times to death, before any payment, if at all. One then begins to wonder what the Delta State Government expects such pensioners to be doing to sustain their lives and family all these years they are forced to wait for their gratuities?
Even at that, they still find ways to cheat Delta State pensioners as they retire. It was revealed that if the month one is required to retire falls within one’s birthday, that person does not get paid for that month. Whereas, the situation with pensioners in Delta State’s neighbor, is different. In Edo State, regular income/payment of gratuities comes in just after two months of civil servants’ retirement. And this has been the situation since Adams Oshiomhole’s era till date. A level 16 Civil Servant in Edo States is said to receive 104k as income while those in the same level in Delta State receive 60k. Despite this cheating, those in Delta State still do not get to be paid their gratuities as at when expected.
And it is not because the Delta State Government and its agencies concerned do not have the money to pay the State’s pensioners as they should, otherwise they would not be wasting funds in paying/maintaining MORE APPOINTED AIDES who practically do nothing. It is simply because the past Delta State Governments of James Ibori, Emmanuel Uduaghan and the present Government of Ifeanyi Okowa, are nothing but wicked, selfish and greedy politicians who are only interested in their bellies and status. The above pathetic situation has been the system practiced in Delta State since 1999 till date.
The current Delta State Governor cannot pay Delta State Pensioners what is due to them, as at when due, but he can comfortably pay all his newly created portfolios, agencies and Government Departments for their supposed loyalties/supports. The question is, why can’t they use the same money, which they use to create/pay/maintain these newly created Government agencies/Departments that are without any defined roles/functions/relevance, to pay Delta State Pensioners? The Logistics Cost used by Delta State Government to run/maintain their bogus cabinet and board members of this and that, is far more than what is required to pay All Delta State Pensioners to date.
That is how heartless and wicked these Delta State politicians are. Yet, the present Delta State Governor has been on an ‘appointment frenzy’ as he keeps dishing out so-called jobs to his supposed loyalists/supporters and even his daughter, as one Aide, SA/SSA this or PA that, who practically do nothing other than to receive salaries and enjoy fringe benefits of public office. In the midst of all this, Delta State road networks are broken and in deplorable states, insecurity pervades the land as Security Agencies do not receive needed support from the State Government, the power supply in the State is next to nothing, the basic infrastructural level in the State is at zero – with nothing to attract any serious-minded investor to the State.
This has been the sad tale in Delta State Civil Service Pensioners. Yet, all that we see the Delta State Government do is to go to Church to have their usual fake Thanksgivings with the usual funfair and extravagance. But they do not have any regard/empathy for the men and women who have sacrificed over three decades of their lives in the service of their people. The Delta State past and present Governors, and all those concerned in relevant authorities of the Delta State Governments, should be reminded that any injustice perpetrated against a group of people will always attract the wrath of God, especially when it is being carried out by people in Authority against the downtrodden public. Whatever a man sows, that he shall surely reap in his/her lifetime. They should be rest assured that the wrath of God will eventually be upon them if they do not change and turn away from their evil and wicked/heartless ways. No Court of man can punish them the way they truly deserve. It is only in the Court of God that they will get the judgement due to them if they do not change.
Zik Gbemre.
November 12, 2019
We Mobilize Others To Fight For Individual Causes As If Those Were Our Causes
ON THE PATHETIC AND DEPLORABLE STATE OF PENSIONERS’ IN DELTA STATE: A SHEER WICKEDNESS OF PAST AND PRESENT DELTA STATE GOVERNORS THAT WILL ATTRACT/INCURE THE WRATH OF GOD
Call it man’s ‘deliberate’ wickedness to his fellow man, or man’s inhumanity to others; you would be correct, in describing how past and present Delta State Governors have treated, and are still treating Delta State Pensioners of the State’s Civil Service, especially retired Teachers. We simply cannot understand why, and how can a supposed Government not prioritize the prompt and consistent payment of gratuities of its men and women who have retired from active service? How can civil servants/teachers in the State’s public school, sacrificially put in 35 years of their lives and sweats, yet their gratuities are deliberately delayed, or not paid at all until they eventually get sent to early graves?
To say that Delta State Pensioners have been having it very rough and tough in life, is to put it mildly. It was observed that, for Pensioners in Delta State who have ‘connections’ in Government and the Public Service Authorities, it takes between 4 - 5 years after retirement, before they are paid a dime of their gratuities, which nobody actually understands the exact amount that is due to them. In fact, no about-to-retire civil servant in Delta State know exactly how much he/she will be paid as gratuity when they retire. And for those who do not have any ‘connections’ in Government and within the Authorities of the Public Service, their expectant of their gratuities is without any number of years. Hence, many of them are sent to their early graves without receiving a dime of their gratuities. So, Delta State pensioners that are without any other regular income after retirement from service, would either wait for at least four or five years (for those with connections) or wait for endless years, most times to death, before any payment, if at all. One then begins to wonder what the Delta State Government expects such pensioners to be doing to sustain their lives and family all these years they are forced to wait for their gratuities?
Even at that, they still find ways to cheat Delta State pensioners as they retire. It was revealed that if the month one is required to retire falls within one’s birthday, that person does not get paid for that month. Whereas, the situation with pensioners in Delta State’s neighbor, is different. In Edo State, regular income/payment of gratuities comes in just after two months of civil servants’ retirement. And this has been the situation since Adams Oshiomhole’s era till date. A level 16 Civil Servant in Edo States is said to receive 104k as income while those in the same level in Delta State receive 60k. Despite this cheating, those in Delta State still do not get to be paid their gratuities as at when expected.
And it is not because the Delta State Government and its agencies concerned do not have the money to pay the State’s pensioners as they should, otherwise they would not be wasting funds in paying/maintaining MORE APPOINTED AIDES who practically do nothing. It is simply because the past Delta State Governments of James Ibori, Emmanuel Uduaghan and the present Government of Ifeanyi Okowa, are nothing but wicked, selfish and greedy politicians who are only interested in their bellies and status. The above pathetic situation has been the system practiced in Delta State since 1999 till date.
The current Delta State Governor cannot pay Delta State Pensioners what is due to them, as at when due, but he can comfortably pay all his newly created portfolios, agencies and Government Departments for their supposed loyalties/supports. The question is, why can’t they use the same money, which they use to create/pay/maintain these newly created Government agencies/Departments that are without any defined roles/functions/relevance, to pay Delta State Pensioners? The Logistics Cost used by Delta State Government to run/maintain their bogus cabinet and board members of this and that, is far more than what is required to pay All Delta State Pensioners to date.
That is how heartless and wicked these Delta State politicians are. Yet, the present Delta State Governor has been on an ‘appointment frenzy’ as he keeps dishing out so-called jobs to his supposed loyalists/supporters and even his daughter, as one Aide, SA/SSA this or PA that, who practically do nothing other than to receive salaries and enjoy fringe benefits of public office. In the midst of all this, Delta State road networks are broken and in deplorable states, insecurity pervades the land as Security Agencies do not receive needed support from the State Government, the power supply in the State is next to nothing, the basic infrastructural level in the State is at zero – with nothing to attract any serious-minded investor to the State.
This has been the sad tale in Delta State Civil Service Pensioners. Yet, all that we see the Delta State Government do is to go to Church to have their usual fake Thanksgivings with the usual funfair and extravagance. But they do not have any regard/empathy for the men and women who have sacrificed over three decades of their lives in the service of their people. The Delta State past and present Governors, and all those concerned in relevant authorities of the Delta State Governments, should be reminded that any injustice perpetrated against a group of people will always attract the wrath of God, especially when it is being carried out by people in Authority against the downtrodden public. Whatever a man sows, that he shall surely reap in his/her lifetime. They should be rest assured that the wrath of God will eventually be upon them if they do not change and turn away from their evil and wicked/heartless ways. No Court of man can punish them the way they truly deserve. It is only in the Court of God that they will get the judgement due to them if they do not change.
Zik Gbemre.
November 12, 2019
We Mobilize Others To Fight For Individual Causes As If Those Were Our Causes