Stakeholders in the state, while decrying the death of the pensioners, described the trend as sad and unacceptable.

While urging relevant authorities to urgently effect the payment of the pension arrears to the senior citizens, Akanbi said no fewer than 3,000 of the pensioners were unable to buy drugs for their ailments.

Akanbi said, "We have suffered unprecedented discrimination since Ahmed came to power in the state. We are senior citizens and deserve fair treatment."The number of our members who have died is the greatest in comparison with any other sector in the state.

He blamed the drop in Federation Account allocations for the non-payment of the pensions, adding that the state government was considering strategies to assist them within its available resources.

It also said the N86m released to the leadership of the assembly for the purchase of computers for the biometric exercise in the state were never utilised, while insisting it was not part of the functions of the House to carry out biometric exercises.

The Chairman, Standing Committee on Public Petitions, Bills Review and Appraisal, Kester Ikyenge, while marking one year in office, during a constituency briefing at Anyiin, Logo Local Government Area, on Saturday, stressed that the assembly had no business embarking on an exercise for which it was not trained to carry out, adding that not a single computer had been purchased.

Ikyenge told his constituents that his office, which he claimed was in a dilapidated state, was daily inundated with pensioners and local government staff over salaries and pension matters.

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N Politicians embezzled billions of naira every day in naija!

It is well