Ex-Councillors protest non-payment of severance allowance

The 2017 – 2022 batch of councilors in Enugu state have protested non-payment of their severance allowances since the expiration of their two terms tenure in February 2022.

The 260 councilors who assembled at Michael Okpara square and marched peacefully to the Enugu Government house, narrated that they had engaged the state government in a dialogue on how to offset their entitlement after months of vacating their positions but has not yielded any meaningful result.

At the Government House, the Chief of Staff to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Dr. Festus Uzor addressed the former councilors and conveyed the Governor’s appeal to give him one week duration to resolve the impasse of the outstanding payment.

Speaking with our correspondent shortly before their departure to the Government House, the Coordinator of the group and former councilor for Olo ward 1 in Ezeagu local government council, Hon. Walter Ozoanya said that the immediate past councilors in the state had an understanding with the state government on different occasions for payment of their entitlements.