In the said 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 called on the Governor to address the unpaid gratuity of pensioners while criticising the delay in the implementation of allowance increase promised the members of the National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, who are serving in the State.
The party said:
“Also very disappointing was the widely published announcement made by your administration over a year ago promising 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 queues for their pensions were over in the State.
The LP claimed that members of the current APC in the State were among the people that allegedly set the State back for almost 30 years before Governor Alex Otti assumed office, adding that the APC did not have the face to write such an open letter to Governor Otti.
LP said that workers and retirees are receiving their monthly salaries and pensions, respectively.
The LP berated the APC over the delay in implementing 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.”