Former Governor of Abia State and the immediate-past Senator who represented Abia Central district in the 9th Senate, Senator Theodore Orji, has blatantly denied receiving any dime from Abia State Government as pension since his exit as Governor in 2015.
Senator Orji spoke regarding the recent abolition of the Abia State Governor’s and Deputy Governor’s Pensions Law by the State House of Assembly.
Speaking through his former Chief Liaison Officer, Hon. Ifeanyi Umere, Senator Orji said that nobody had paid him anything as a former Governor, adding that he has also never asked for it as a matter of morality since he moved to the Senate immediately after leaving office as Governor.
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He said:” Since T. A Orji left office as Governor, he has not received any penny as pension.”
“He transited from Governor to Senate and he made it a point of morality that he will not, and he didn’t ask for any pension or question anybody about it because he was not interested in it.”
The former Governor who noted that the House of Assembly has the constitutional power to review any laws of the state, said he was not part of the scrapped pension law.
According to him, “The House of Assembly has the prerogative to periodically review the laws of the state. It’s in their power to do so, but nobody should link Senator Orji with the said pension law because nobody has paid him any thing after leaving office as Governor.
“Senator Orji has not received any pension as former Governor, and as a statesman, he has not asked for any. He didn’t receive anything from Okezie Ikpeazu and he didn’t pay anybody too.”
