Enugu Government Serves Eviction Notice To Visually Impaired Septuagenarian, Others Despite Failing To Pay His Gratuity For 11 Years


SaharaReporters gathered that the only house the septuagenarian was able to build in his community, Nchatancha Nike in Enugu East local government area of the state with combined savings of his wife, was among several houses the Governor Mbah administration marked for demolition to give way to build a private Estate tagged "New Enugu City."

The administration of Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has served an eviction notice to a visually impaired septuagenarian, who retired from State Civil Service 11 years ago without gratuity payment.

SaharaReporters gathered that the only house the septuagenarian was able to build in his community, Nchatancha Nike in Enugu East local government area of the state with combined savings of his wife, was among several houses the Governor Mbah administration marked for demolition to give way to build a private Estate tagged "New Enugu City".

Lamenting in a video seen by SaharaReporters on Thursday, the visually impaired septuagenarian decried that the state government has neither given him a house nor paid him his housing contributions deducted from his salary for the 35 years he worked for the government.

The elderly man, who said he has no place to go to, said their experience under Governor Mbah’s government was shocking and confusing, describing the eviction notice as "absurd."

He narrated: "I retired for the past 11 years from Enugu State Civil Service and I have not been paid my gratuity. Now, I managed with the little savings of my family to build this small house in my community.

“I don't have any other place to go other than this house. I am now visually impaired yet the government is asking us to leave my ancestry house within seven days. To go to where?

"I am begging the government to leave my house because the same government deducted from my salary housing contributions yet they didn't give us a house. Now I have laboured and built a house, but the same government has come and marked the house for demolition because it wants to build a private estate for the rich.

"I am begging that nobody should demolish my house because they didn't even give me a house when I was working for 35 years. It is despicable that a government that cannot provide shelter for its citizens will be going around demolishing the houses of its citizens.

"The worst issue is that at this time the country is facing the worst form of famine and high cost of living, coupled with the activities of the Fulani herdsmen, the government is busy destroying hectares of cassava farms in our community. This is invariably telling Nchatancha people to go and die."

He decried that a bowl of garri was being sold in his community for N1,900 as a result of the destruction of their crops. He said the situation was pushing people into deprivation and frustration.

He said, "A government that the plight of her citizens at this point in Nigeria is not disturbing is a tyrant," he said. "I worked until now I cannot see, where can I go from here? There is no house provided for me and my family anywhere."

Meanwhile, the state government has defended the demolition exercise and issuance of eviction notices.

A statement issued by the media office of the governor on Monday said no resident of Nchatancha Nike was forcefully evicted. It added that Nchatancha is one of the many communities affected by the ongoing construction of New Enugu City, a smart city flagged off by Governor Mbah in October.

It blamed the protests and disturbances on what it tagged as "land-grabbers" in the community, who sell portions of the already acquired and gazetted lands to unsuspected buyers.

The government said that some protesters had already been arrested and were in the custody of security agencies.

It said that although affected communities were already served a notice years ago when the land acquisitions began by previous governments, the Mbah administration was approaching the mega project with a human face by ensuring that compensations and proper relocations were done before any demolition.

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Enugu Government Serves Eviction Notice To Visually Impaired Septuagenarian, Others Despite Failing To Pay His Gratuity For 11 Years.

What the Bleep! Not in this bad times. Please escalate till this gross injustice is given the needed redress.

Igbo Amaka

Let the needful be done legally.

Mba

Imagine

This is why patriotism is low amongst Nigerians. After giving the country all the productive years of one's life, that's how they are repaid

Protesters arrested instead of attending to the root course of their agitation, the best solution is to shut them up

The governor is doing a good job, support him to succeed

Chai

You see why people who hate Igbos where happy when Mba was rigged in and affirmed by the supreme court, any Igbo leader that hates Igbos is the one they like....

LP was supposed to govern this state like Abia but the haters of Igbos are happy it did not happen

The State government should provide a free accomodation for this man and his family. That's the right thing to do.

All our politicians are beast in human form... They don't see pains in our body once they are in power.

This mbah man is a fool and a wicked bastard. All he thinks about is money. I curse this bastard for becoming a governor . You want to build smarciity, and evict people who has built houses with their swear. Will you build the smart city for them? Na patch patch road you dey do since you enter. The water you said you are doing and rush to open is not working. Because we never expose you, you dey do any how. I think it's time we expose all this greedy fools

What exactly is the essence of the purported smart city?

His children and kinsmen are in Lagos, opening their akpu-stained teeth to insult Sanwo Olu

One day, both the rich and poor will DIE!
We should remember that we would only be remembered by what we have done. Good or Bad.

Racoon:
What the Bleep! Not in this bad times. Please escalate till this gross injustice is given the needed redress.

What a gentle response from you since it is not in Lagos

NairalandForumo:
You see why people who hate Igbos where happy when Mba was rigged in and affirmed by the supreme court, any Igbo leader that hates Igbos is the one they like....

LP was supposed to govern this state like Abia but the haters of Igbos are happy it did not happen

Igbos voted Mbah
Igbis collected Okpa in exchange for votes
Igbos collected Jollof rice on election day
Igbos contested against Mbah
Igbos formed the election tribunal
The supreme justice is Igbo.


So, where is the story of "Haters of Igbos" coming from? The problem I have with tribalists like you is that you always see others as the reason behind your woes.

No one gives a fck about y'all and what happens in your domain. No state is 100% immune from bad governance.

We've all got problems to deal in our respective states/region. It's time to start taking responsibility and stop spinning childish narratives.

Racoon:
What the Bleep! Not in this bad times. Please escalate till this gross injustice is given the needed redress.

Hypocrisy and cowardice didn't even let you call the Governor's name.
If it were outside Igboland, you will be shouting with the veins in your neck sticking out.
But na Igbo governor, you are hiding under the bed.

NairalandForumo:
You see why people who hate Igbos where happy when Mba was rigged in and affirmed by the supreme court, any Igbo leader that hates Igbos is the one they like....

LP was supposed to govern this state like Abia but the haters of Igbos are happy it did not happen

Lol you people will Sha look for one way or the other to spin the narrative...


The same LP rulling Abia also demolished people house to build a road I guess you're blind when that one happened....


Attack the Governor if you want to attack him.....

Is okay to demolish building in Abia and also lie on Excel for buying two Hilux for 1 billion so far the person is in LP....

NairalandForumo:
You see why people who hate Igbos where happy when Mba was rigged in and affirmed by the supreme court, any Igbo leader that hates Igbos is the one they like....

LP was supposed to govern this state like Abia but the haters of Igbos are happy it did not happen

Was it haters of Igbos who were feeding your parents jollof rice and okpa on election day?

Appletek:


Was it haters of Igbos who were feeding your parents jollof rice and okpa on election day?

You didn't see the results of the rigged election where they used 1 local government with unverified number of voters to win with a very wide margin even when the total number voters in the local government did not even meet the number of figures given to PDP.

Then the issue of Mba's forged NYSC certificate that even the NYSC director said it did not come from them in court, is that not supposed to be disqualification....

Hehehe.

Supreme court governor, doing what he knows best.

Land grabbing and taxing the masses.

inoki247:



Lol you people will Sha look for one way or the other to spin the narrative...


The same LP rulling Abia also demolished people house to build a road I guess you're blind when that one happened....


Attack the Governor if you want to attack him.....

Is okay to demolish building in Abia and also lie on Excel for buying two Hilux for 1 billion so far the person is in LP....

Oga, I heard the were compensated in Abia....

NairalandForumo:
You see why people who hate Igbos where happy when Mba was rigged in and affirmed by the supreme court, any Igbo leader that hates Igbos is the one they like....

LP was supposed to govern this state like Abia but the haters of Igbos are happy it did not happen

If not that you have a short memory, you would have known that Otti also demolished houses. Also, you would have known that Otti was affirmed by the Supreme Court just like Mbah.
But you like Otti because he is a Hilux thief.

What do we have here..

NairalandForumo:

Oga, I heard the were compensated in Abia....

Mention one person who was compensated in Abia?
Are you blind and didn't read in the report that they were compensated in Enugu?

Heartless government. Enemy of d masses

NairalandForumo:


You didn't see the results of the rigged election where they used 1 local government with unverified number of voters to win with a very wide margin even when the total number voters in the local government did not even meet the number of figures given to PDP.

Then the issue of Mba's forged NYSC certificate that even the NYSC director said it did not come from them in court, is that not supposed to be disqualification....

At what point did you realise his certificate was forged?
Before collecting jollof rice to vote for Mbah or after eating it?

The hypocrites are running away from the thread.

Remove Enugu and put Lagos and see how they will open their mouths and be insulting Sanwo.