Rivers
Pension: Media Retirees Happy With Amaechi
Rivers State Government media retirees have expressed unalloyed gratitude to Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi for granting their prayers.
In a press statement issued by Barr. Ipalibo Karibi-Botoye, former Editor-In-Chief of the Nigeria Tide, on behalf of the retirees, Governor Amaechi was described as a man imbued with mind of kindness.
According to the statement, when Rt.Hon. Chibuike Amaechi assumed office, the sum of N65,165,688.00 being the judgement sum awarded in favour of the retirees for gratuities and pensions up to 2001, was released.
The statement added that the governor recently gave approval for payment of accurate pensions from 2002 to present date and inclusion of the retirees in the ledgers of Parastatals Pensions Board for their monthly pensions.
According to the retirees, this act of Governor Amaechi is a humane and heroic manifestation of a man who respects the rule of law.
They said that it was a matter of great worry, and a show of shame that almost eight years after the judgment was given, government was lackadaisical in its attitude towards this matter.
Retirees of state-owned media were in very ugly shape. The hardship they were facing decimated their population as death was being recorded on regular basis, leaving their dependants to continue in squalor and distress, they added.
The retirees stated that Rt. Hon. Amaechi came and decided to rewrite history by bringing happiness and succour to hundreds of heart-broken men and women, as they heaved sigh of relief, through his sensitivity to the feelings of fellow men.
It will be recalled that Governor Peter Odili decided that only those media workers who retired when he assumed office would be paid pensions and gratitude. Those who retire before he became governor would not be paid.
The aggrieved retirees took the government to court, and on November 11th, 2003, Honourable Justice Samuel C. Amadi ruled “that the defendant were jointly and severally restrained from further withholding and delaying the payment of the plaintiffs.
Government showed gross defiance to the order of court until Rt. Hon. Amaechi came to cleanse the Augean stable.
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Rivers Judiciary Denies Issuing Court Order Stopping SOLAD from Swearing in RSCSC Members
The Rivers State Judiciary has denied a media report claiming that Justice Frank Onyiri of the State High Court issued an injunction order restraining the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), from inaugurating the newly appointed members of the Rivers State Civil Service Commission (RSCSC).
In a statement issued by the Deputy Chief Registrar in charge of litigation at the High Court, Menenen Poromon (Esq), the state Judiciary disassociated itself from the report, describing it as malicious and fabricated.
The statement emphasized that the report was a falsehood and a misrepresentation of what transpeared in the court.
Poromon clarified that no such order was issued by Justice Onyiri or any other judge of the High Court of the state and urged the public to disregard the information, as it lacked any iota of truth.
The statement however advised the public to verify any information concerning the state Judiciary directly from the office of the Chief Registrar, High Court of the State, to avoid spreading of misinformation.
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