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Coach Tenger seeks Gov. Ortom's intervention over unpaid wages

Former Lobi stars Technical Adviser coach Justin Tenger has appealed to the Benue state Governor  Samuel Ortom to save his life by intervening in his unpaid retirement wages.
The former coach of kwara United FC and ex Kano Pillars handler said his retirement benefits of 24 months pension and full gratuity have not been paid to him as a retired staff of the Benue state sports council years after he left service.


He lamented that his life as an ambassador of the state who had coached several clubs in the country and the only coach from the Tiv nation to have won the FA cup (now Aiteo cup) is becoming unbearable .

" I want the governor to come to my aid and help me get my 24 months pension and gratuity, I  served the state meritoriously and I plead with him to intervene on my plight' , the former Niger Tornadoes FC coach spoke from his country home Adikpo in Benue state.

Coach Justin Anazember Tenger is a household name in the coaching profession amongst the top domestic league tacticians in Nigeria.

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