Senator Theodore Orji, the former Governor of Abia State, and ex-Senator from Abia Central, straight up denied getting any money from the Abia State Government as pension after he left office in 2015.
Senator Orji said this in an exclusive chat with Vanguard right after the Abia State House of Assembly abolished the Governor’s and Deputy Governor’s Pensions Law.
The Bill entitled:”H.A.B 11: The Abia State Governor’s and Deputy Governor’s Pensions Law Repeal Bill 2024″ was sponsored by the Majority Leader and member representing Arochukwu state constituency, Hon. Okoro Uchenna Kalu.
Senator Orji, through his former Chief Liaison Officer, Hon. Ifeanyi Umere, made it crystal clear that he hasn’t received any pension as a former Governor.
He even mentioned that he never asked for it because he moved straight to the Senate after leaving office.
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 is not interested in it.”
The former Governor who noted that the House of Assembly has the constitutional powers to review any laws of the state, said he was not part of the scrapped pension law.
“The House of Assembly has the prerogative to periodically review the laws of the state. It’s in their powers to do so but nobody should link Senator Orji with the said pension law because nobody has paid him any pension 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 any pension from Okezie Ikpeazu and he didn’t pay anybody too.”
