The Labour Party presidential candidate and former governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi has narrated his encounter with a female pensioner whose pension was not paid for years.
He revealed how he salvaged the situation when the lady accosted him and walked him out of a church over the unpaid entitlements.
Obi who is running for president in 2023 on the platform of the Labour Party narrated his experience in a recent interview with Brekete family reality talk magazine program.
According to him, he was in the church when a female pensioner accosted him, demanding that he settle her unpaid salaries and pensions.
He stated that the woman insisted he left the church, adding that God will not answer his prayers over their debt owed by the government.
Obi added that he was not aware the previous government owed pensioners, stating that he had to follow the woman home, and fixed the issue.
He said, until he left Anambra state, every pensioner was paid their dues and backlogs were cleared.
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