A 57-year old man, Denis Amayo, has threatened to commit suicide on Valentine’s Day (14 February) should Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State fail to pay his eight-month pension arrears.
Amayo who addressed journalists in Benin this morning, said he served the state meritoriously for 35 years in the Ministry of Agriculture and retired in August last year.
A document he tendered showed that he joined the then Bendel State Ministry of Agriculture on July 7, 1978 and retired as a field overseer last year.
He said the death of his father whose corpse is in the mortuary, necessitated his demand for the payment of his pension arrears.
“I am my father’s first born. It will be immoral of me to task my younger ones to bring money for his burial while I cannot bring anything for the burial,” he stated.
In his hand-written petition to Governor Oshiomhole, the Igbanke-born father of four said the state was owing him “eight months pension arrears,” adding “please sir, pay me before February 14, 2014. I lost my father, otherwise, I will commit suicide.”
He warned that should the governor failed to pay him, he will sacrifice his life to raise awareness for other pensioners owed several months of unpaid pensions.
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You better stay alive and fight for your right. Once you die, your matter will be brushed like dust inside the carpet. It wont last for more than 3months I bet you before you will be forgotten. Finally Oshomole will pay your kids but you must have gone without burying your father. Is it reasonable at all? think about your your wife and kids.
ReplyDeleteHmmmmmm, let us see how this plays out?
ReplyDeletewell we look forward to see that day, is a good idea mr Amayo
ReplyDeleteTaking your life is it the best for you. Jesus is coming soon hope you are ready to receive him
ReplyDeleteExamine your head Mr Amayo
ReplyDeleteAre you threatening a Nigeria State Governor with suicide? You think you are in the US where life is valued? You have been in the system for many years hence you know how the wheel of Government rolls, I candidly advice you to turn to God for help Psalm 121. Only God can help you. Killing yourself will definately earn you a place in hell fire as you have no such power over your life and also you want to disgrace your family. Inabily to bury the already dead old man does not mean an average aged man should also die untimely. Use your brain and be sober. Use another platform to enforce your pension right not thretening the uncaring Government and your innocent family.
ReplyDeletePolice should take care of him pls.
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