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Ahead of mass defection of some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by former secretary to Edo State government, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, retirees under the aegis of 6-6-19 association staged a solidarity and thank you rally to Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki.
6-6-19 is an association of pensioners disengaged on June 6, 2019.
Speaking, chairman of the Association, Mr. Idemudia Wilfred, said the rally was to thank the governor for prompt payment of their pension.
He said the 6-6-19 pensioners of primary school sector has resolved to give all the needed support to Obaseki inorder for him to secure a second time ticket and win the 2020 governorship election in the state.
Association of 6-6-19 pensioners in a solidarity rally for Obaseki on Thursday in Benin City.
According to him, his members were disengaged from the state public service on June 6, 2019 and immediately payment of their pension commenced, stressing that “it was a clear departure from age age long tradition.”
He noted that leadership style of the governor has endangered unquantifiable growth and development in all spheres of the state’s economy partucularly in the education sector.
“Permit me to note that the transformation in the primary school system through the EDOBEST programme, the revival of technical and vocational education, provision of modern learning infrastructure, the training and retraining of teachers amongst other initiatives which are being emulated by other states in Nigeria will no doubt help to create a formidable human capital for Edo State”, he added.
Wilfred, however, pleaded to Obaseki to upwardly review primary school pensioners’ salary and also consolidate 2014 salary structure with 2016, claiming that they earn less than their counterparts.
He also requested the governor to prevail on Oredo and other councils who have not paid primary school teachers arears to pay, stressing that many councils in the state have paid.
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