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Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State
By Ahmad A. Usman, Kaduna
The Kaduna State College of Education Retirees Association has again appealed to Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, to expedite action in ensuring the prompt payment of their gratuities and pensions.
The appeal was contained in a communiqué jointly signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Association, Mr. Bulus Katung Kajang, and Mr. Emmanuel Dominic Nkom, respectively, and made available to newsmen in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area.
It also further appealed to have and audience with Governor Sani, so that they can table their plight before him, with a view to proffering solutions to the lingering hardship they have been exposed to, following the non-payment of their benefits for over seven years.
The Association said it wrote a letter to him in July to intimate him about how prompt benefits were paid to retirees, and pointed out how the unwarranted delay in the remittance of theirs has exposed them to untold hardship, after giving their most productive years in service.
It lamented the inability of its members to meet basic needs, such as medical or utility bills, or pay their children’s school fees, and added that they best fit the description of vulnerable person’s, and appealed that government’s palliatives should be provided for them.
The group said the country’s dire economic situation was taking its toll on even those with means of income therefore, begged the Governor to authorize payment of the long overdue entitlements.
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