 Pensioners in River State have protested the non-payment of their gratuities and 10 years pension areas. The retirees who were seen in front of the State Secretary carrying placards with different inscriptions bemoaned their untold hardship they have faced since 2012. The pensioners say since 2012 over 300 of them have lost their lives due to government's non-compliance with the sight of the trapeitide agreement reached. The former civil servant however argued that every air force to make a government pay has fallen on deaf ears even as complaints launched at different quotas have proven futile. Since I retired 2017 up to date I've been faced since 30s of challenges No payment of gratuities, no payment of arrears, my children are now at home out of the house, school fees, I'm unable to pay their school fees that is a way I can manage the situation. My wife died because of no money. I've been suffering one way or the other every other people that returned since we returned we are suffering up to tomorrow. Retirees say they're right but I don't have anything to show. Since some of us, 2015, 2016, 2017 dead, they've not paid their pension arrears they've not paid their gratuities. Most of us have died and most of us don't even have rights to stay. So you should pay us some money, let us take our money and build a house, have a house for our own. Just look at me, I went for brain scan, I've been sick, I was taken away from my house for almost one year I went for brain scan of 250,000, there was nothing to share for it, no money. My husband has sold all that he had, my children were in the school, nothing, nothing, no house. So we have come here, stood at our government, we pay our money. We have been short paid, you know, it's like 12 liras. So the difference is what we're asking for. He set up a tripartite committee, they have finished work. Till now we have not had anything from him, they've submitted the report to him. So what did we do? Is it a crime to serve the state for 35 years of your life? Meanwhile the commissioner of police, Frida Eboca, who addressed the protesters, appealed to them to share their swords while he communicates with the governor. I've listened to all the food men and I want to assure you that I will take it home from this place because very soon I will retire. If I can't take care of you, they will not take care of me. So I'll make sure I carry your grievances, all you have articulated and pass it on to the governor to look into your plight. The pensioners issued the government a two week old medium to expedite action or the protest will continue.