In the letter, the APC alleged that some civil servants in the State were paid far below the approved N70,000 national minimum wage benchmark, as monthly salaries.
The letter signed by Uche Aguoru, Publicity Secretary, APC, Abia State chapter, also urged the Governor to address the unpaid gratuity of pensioners while criticising the delay in the implementation of the allowance increase promised the members of the National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, who are serving in the State.
The party said:
“Equally disappointing was the widely publicized announcement by your administration over a year ago to increase the monthly allowance of NYSC members serving in the State to N50,000.”
However, reacting to the APC letter, the leadership of the Labour Party, LP, in Abia State accused the broom party of circulating desperate and blatant lies against Governor Otti’s administration on the welfare of civil servants and pensioners.
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The LP, speaking through its Publicity Secretary in the State, Iroegbu Emenike, said the days when pensioners died in queue for their pension were over in the State.
The LP said members of the present APC in the State were among those who were alleged to have set the State backward for nearly 30 years before Governor Alex Otti came on board, stating that the APC did not have the face to write such an open letter to Governor Otti.
LP said workers are getting their monthly salaries and retirees are getting their monthly pensions.
The LP castigated the APC over the delay in the implementation of the monthly allowance promises of the NYSC members, saying that the broom party failed to “understand that pronouncements by a Governor are followed by administrative procedures and policies before full implementation.”
