Local government workers and pensioners have vowed to pay Nasarawa state governor, Tanko Al-Makura with percentage votes just the way he been paying their pension, gratuity and salaries in percentages.
Leader of the concerned pensioners in the state, Comrade Usman Ibrahim, made their position known to journalists yesterday in Lafia.
He said they were collaborating with the local government workers to pay Al-Mmakura back on his senatorial ambition in 2019 as a consequence of his actions.
“We must pay him back for his good did because a cooking pot for a lizard should also serve for a chameleon too.
2019 is a payback time for Al-Mmakura,” he said.
Usman explained that since September 2016, Al-Makura has been paying them only 50 per cent of their monthly pension, leaving out the balance of 50 per cent unpaid without justifiable reason on when to pay the outstanding 50 per cent.
“We are aware that government has collected gratuity from the Paris Club and should pay us our money now.
We need not die before our gratuities are paid; it will only be useful to us when we are a life.
“Over 2,000 of our members have died due to negligence and percentage payment, and for the past 26 months, we have been paid 50 per cent as against 100 per cent; we have the records,” Usman said.
He added that, in case Al-Makura has forgotten, let me remind him that 2019 election will be completely different from 2015 because we are fully prepared for him as the ballots box will definitely speak.”
Osun PDP writes IGP over ‘plan’ to manipulate Saturday election
By Lateef Dada Osogbo The Peoples Democratic Party in Osun has petitioned the InspectorGeneral of Police, Ibrahim Idris over alleged plan by the ruling All Progressives Congress to rig the Sat- urday governorship election in the state.
The letter signed by the state chairman of the party, Hon Soji Adagunodo said “it has also come to our attention that the leadership of the APC has contracted out the sewing of fake military, police and NYSC uniforms to a firm in Lagos and Benin City.
“This illegal act is being coordi- nated by two prominent national leaders of the APC who intend to use the fake personnel to manipulate voting process, falsify results, hijack electoral materials and intimidate voters in places considered to be strongholds of the PDP.
“In particular, plans have been perfected to rig the forthcoming elections in Osun East senatorial district, comprising 4 local governments in Ile-Ife and 6 in Ijesa-land.
A meeting of the stated leaders of the APC and some unscrupulous officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission has been held on five different occasions to plan various acts of rigging, disruptions, vote-buying and general harassment of PDP members and supporters during the governorship elections.
“We wish to bring to your attention and for your very urgent and decisive action the series of criminalities being perpetrated against leaders and members of our party by agents of the All Progressives Congress as well as orchestrated plans to manipulate the state governorship election holding on Saturday, 22nd of September, 2018 in favour of the APC.
“In the last two weeks, there have been several attempts on the life of our candidate, Senator Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke by people suspected to be thugs on the payroll 0f the state governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and the APC leadership in Osun state.
“We have it on very good authority that the governor of Osun state, in collaboration with some high ranking police officers, have concluded plans to arrest, detain and harass prominent leaders of our party beginning from today, Tuesday 18th September, 2018,” the party alleged.
