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Members of the Concerned Abia Pensioners have extolled Governor Alex Otti, for payment of the arrears of their pension owed by the past administration.
The pensioners also held a thanksgiving service at the Apostolic Church Nigeria, Umuahia, in appreciation to God for a prayer answered.
The Chairman, of Concerned Abia Pensioners, Elder John Kalu, said that during these years of non-payment of pensions, the group had gone to many churches as well as written letters to churches, asking for prayers on their behalf.
“We had a very big problem. Our problem was that they did not pay us our pensions, our members were dying in thousands, because of illness and no money to go to hospital, no money to eat. We started to pray, we were fasting and praying. We went to churches for them to help us in prayers; The Apostolic Church was one of the churches we went to.
“So, this time, the governor has given us what we wanted. He has paid us the arrears of pensions, which the other governments didn’t pay us, which we were crying for; he has paid it to us. We are grateful. That is why we said we should go back to the Apostolic Church to tell them that God has done what we requested.
“Right from the time Otti was campaigning; he came to the Abia State Pensioners. He told us that if we voted for him, he would pay our arrears and he would be paying us monthly. So, he did it, that’s why we are saying that we are grateful to him.”
The pastor-in-charge and Area Superintendent of the Apostolic Church Nigeria, Umuahia Area, Apostle Bernard Ugbor, commended the pensioners for remembering to come to give thanks to God.
