According to him, God has uplifted the State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, a Knight of the Anglican Communion and himself as an elder in his church, imploring men of God not to relent in their prayers for leaders of the country.
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The Chairman of the Association of Contributory Retirees, Hon. Chief Mrs Helen Chionye Ejieh while responding to questions from journalists, explained that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has taken them for granted despite their peaceful composition in demanding for their rights as senior citizens who had served the state for 35years and in those years, their gratuity and Pension was been deducted from their salary’s.
He said that Jonathan’s rising profile in international diplomacy and in restoration of peace and democracy across Africa was as burgeoning as it was impactful and uplifting for him and Nigeria.
On the backwardness of the state in terms of development, Omo-Agege decried the poor leadership system of the Delta State Governor whom he described as incompetent, noting that while other States in the Niger Delta and elsewhere are celebrating shiny milestones in infrastructural development, human capacity development, healthcare, education, sustainable economic development, good governance, and improved institutions, the people of Delta State are shell-shocked; benumbed by the sheer audacity of Okowa and his co-travellers as they daily bring the state to its knees. Even sadder is fact that the governor has been going around borrowing with reckless abandon, making the State one of the most indebted in Nigeria even with its monumental FAAC allocation and 13% derivation revenue as an oil producing State.
He said N25 billion out of the N30 billion ‘Bridging Finance’ loan already accessed by the state government had been deployed into some ongoing projects while the remaining N5 billion was channelled into the payment of pensioners in the Bureau for State Pensions and the Local Government Pensions Bureau.
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Responding to an allegation by the Delta State Commissioner of Information, Charles Aniagwu, who accused Senator Omo-Agege of sponsoring women to protest non-payment of pensions of primary school retirees, Niboro said the allegation is baseless, unfounded and deserves no serious attention
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