A pioneer member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) National Caucus, Chief Sam Nkire, has advised all governors to borrow a leaf from Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, in paying teachers, civil servants and pensioners before any political appointee, including the governor and his deputy.
In his Easter message titled ‘Reflection at Easter,’ Chief Nkire, who was also the pioneer leader of Abia State APC Caucus, reminded all governors of the Biblical injunction which says that a worker deserves his wage, adding that payments of salaries and pensions could not be more needed to the worker and pensioner than now.
The elder statesman said Governor Otti was certainly raising the bar and playing what he described as ‘come and get me’ among his peers and others, thereby making the challenge to his seat in 2027 a herculean one.
Chief Nkire said: “Non-payment of salaries and pensions was not in the character of APC governors and governments but that of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Any governorship aspirant who hopes to unseat Governor Otti must think of other areas in which he is deficient.”
He called on Nigerians to use the period of Easter to pray for the country and the world, against insecurity, wars, hunger and man’s inhumanity to man, as according to him, all people of the world must rest in the love and power of God to salvage bad situations.
