Delta State lawmakers’ aides lament over alleged unpaid allowances

Political aides of the Delta State House of Assembly members have resorted to spiritual intervention over their unpaid allowances.The aides begged God to touch the hearts of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and the Speaker, Hon. Monday Igbuya to approve and pay their furniture allowances which they claimed had been withheld for over one year and eight months ago.

One of the aides who gave his name as Ejire Akposere told The Guardian that after due consideration of their difficult times over an alleged unpaid allowances, they resolved to embark on a nine days fasting and prayers expected to be rounded off on March 14, 2017 for God to intervention.

It was learnt that huge percentage of the allowances were alleged cut-off from the lawmakers” political aides’ month salaries to service members of their constituencies had unsettled the aides who described the alleged cut-off as “wicked and out of place”.

But the Speaker, Monday Igbuya through his Press Secretary, Henry Eberiere described the aides’ line of action as laughable and blamed the non-payment of the allowance on poor economic and hash recession periods.

Also in a swift reaction, the State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Patrick Ukah said the hash recession periods forced the State Government into cutting off many allowances, and urged the political aides to also pray for improved economy for their allowances to be paid.

While thanking the Speaker for a successful leadership at the Assembly, within one year eight months of his speakership, the aides prayed God to give him the ennoblement to always stand for the people at all times.