Retirees in Anambra State have threatened to embark on hunger strike over unpaid gratuities.
The state chairman of the pensioners, Anthony Ugozor , disclosed this to our correspondent in Awka , the Anambra State capital on Sunday.
While stating that the state government was owing pensioners in the state four years arrears of gratuities, Ugozor said the retirees would hold a meeting early next year to take a decision on the matter .
He said , “ We don’ t know what to do on this again . You know you are longer in active service , so government is treating our matter with levity because it knows we can no longer embark on industrial dispute.
“ We may consider hunger strike after our meeting . The only problem we may have about hunger strike is whether it will not be detrimental to our health at our age. But members will decide that in our meeting
“ I got my December pension before Christmas . We thank Governor Willie Obiano for that; he pays pension regularly , but pension is not all that the pensioners need . We are dying in piecemeal, the governor should pay us our gratuities. ”
He said since 2017, the state government had not paid any retiree in the state gratuity.
