UZODIMMA ORDERS IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF MARCH PENSIONS... SAYS GOVT WON'T BE BLACKMAILED INTO DOING THE WRONG THING .
Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma, has directed that all pensioners in the state be immediately paid their March pension allowances but warned that his government will insist on paying salaries and Pensions only to those legitimately entitled to it and not to ghost workers or pensioners. This was just as the Leadership of the Pensioners revealed that the use of Consultants by the sacked administration of Emeka Ihedioha was a conduit pipe for fraud and corruption . The governor's directive came on Tuesday after a closed door meeting with the Leadership of the Pensioners association in the state A statement yesterday by the commissioner for information and strategy, Declan Emelumba, explained that the governor made it clear to the Pensioners that the delay in the payment of March allowances was caused by the government's determination to flush out fraud from the system and not for lack of money The commissioner said the government has saved over N300M in pension