Staff and pensioners of the defunct College of Education, Ekiadolor in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State, have sent a petition to the governor of the state, Monday Okpebholo, requesting for his intervention in their plight “resulting from the repel of the law establishing the then College of Education, Ekiadolor by your predecessor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki without making provisions for the welfare of Staff and Pensioners of the institution.”
According to the aggrieved parties in their petition to Governor Okpebholo routed through the office of the state Head of Service, “this happened five (5) years ago. Thereafter, we made several representations to the government, stating clearly the pains and hardships we have been subjected to in view of this action using all known means available to us.
“Our efforts did not yield any result until shortly before the election when government through a letter Ref: EDDB/CH/639/11 conveyed to us its resolve to make a one-off payment to us.
We were subsequently called for screening which was concluded. Your Excellency Sir, we waited for payment and it never came despite all further efforts we made to ensure we were paid.
“Your Excellency Sir, we appeal to you through this SOS to use your good office to consider us for payment of our entittements as many of our colleagues have died avoidable deaths, many others are critically ill with no resources to pay for medicals and others groaning under severe pains and hardships as a result of unavailability of resources to do the needful.
“Sir, this is an SOS to you to please right all other areas of the wrongs done, that you urgently, come to our rescue before many more die of hunger and starvation.”
