It was a moment of joy for retired judges in Abia State after Governor Alex Otti vowed to offset the 16 years old backlog of gratuities and pension.
The cheering news is coming on the heels of the agreement reached between Governor Alex Otti and the retired judges, led by a retired Chief Judge of the state, Justice Sunday Imo, to set up a joint committee to resolve the issue of outstanding entitlements.
Otti’s Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Kazie Uko, in a statement, yesterday, said past state administrations had since 2007, failed to pay retired judges their gratuities, consolidated allowances, severance packages, pension and miscellaneous entitlements.
He stated: “Successive administrations had made several commitments either by way of authorisations or approvals to make payment by installments, but none of those were fulfilled, leading to the judges filing an action at the National Industrial Court of Nigeria in 2020 to recover their entitlements.”
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