"I must assure you that we will deal with them. By the end of this month we would start paying confirmed salary arrears.

"You also know that a lot of our elderly people, who have retired, have been owed several years of pension arrears. We promised during our campaign that we were going to defray the arrears. We will start as soon as possible.
"What is holding us is that we also found out that there is a lot of fictitious figures and numbers that cannot be confirmed,"
"So we have started with the forensic audit to ensure that we will be paying the right people. We plead with you to exercise patience and understand with us as we work to make Abia State a better place,"
--Abia Governor, Alex Otti, during a thanksgiving reception held in honour of newly inaugurated National Assembly member, Hon. Obi Aguocha, representing Ikwuano-Umuahia Federal Constituency.
CREDIT: Kazie Uko