Next of Kin goes on a One Man Protest at Governors Office

A son of a late pensioner in Cross River State, Joseph Odey, yesterday staged a one-man protest in Calabar demanding the payment of his father’s benefits and gratuity by the state government.

Odey, who positioned himself strategically opposite the governor’s office with a placard reading, “Your Excellency, please pay gratuity, my family is distressed,” insisted that his father’s gratuity should be paid otherwise the protest would continue on daily basis.

He said: “My father died four years ago as a school principal. I am in the governor’s office today to protest non-payment of my late father’s benefits and gratuity after 32 years of service to the state.”