By BeyondNews
Ado Ekiti
Pensioners in Ekiti State have organised a Special Prayer Conference and Covenant with God to Mark the beginning of the administration of the Ekiti State Governor , Biodun Oyebanji.
At the inter-faith Program tagged “Seeking Divine intervention do a successful tenure for His Excellency Abiodun Abayomi Oyebanji Ekiti STATE Governor” held at the State Secretariat of the Nigeria Union Of Pensioners Ado-Ekiti, the elder statement and women all dressed in the white attires to commune with God.
According to the Ekiti State NUP Chairman, Elder Joel Akinola, the program was to make covenant with God and to thank him for ending the era of pensioner’s suffering in the state with the expiration of the last administration Gov. Kayode Fayemi.
The NUP leader said:
” We strongly believe that Oyebanji will not Continue with punishing pensioners. Pensioners had never had it so bad like the past two administrations of Kayode Fayemi And Ayo Fayose. We don’t deserve the treatment they gave us. We laboured for this state but we found ourselves in the hands of people who care less about our welfares. We had human capital resources, the state is endowed but bad leadership has halted the wheel of development.
How do you narrate that about 300 pensioners died while 400 were bedridden under the last government? About 40 billion Naira gratuity unpaid, 7months pension unpaid and alot of issues.
Oyebanji Can only follow a good lane and a path of honour. His personality and antecedent reveals that he would b a good leader . He must immediately attend to our matters without postponing. He has governance and leadership experience, there was nothing he could do before as an appointee but now as a Governor, we want to see his true colour. His father is also a pensioner and h would not wish his father suffer.
Prayers were offered by Evangelist Ayodele Ojo the Chief Imam of Ansar-un-deen Central Mosque Ado Ekiti, Alhaji Abdul-Tolib Mohammed that the state moves to greater heigth during Oyebanji’s tenure and that his government favours the pensioners in the state.