Pensioners threaten to sue Ogun over unpaid gratuities, pensions
By Olusola AJIBIKE (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: PENSIONERS in Ogun State are angry with the government of Senator Ibikunle Amosun. They have threatened to sue the government over the accumulation of their unpaid gratuities and pensions. The pensioners, under the aegis of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), explained that the gratuities of retired primary school teachers, […]
Federal retirees protest non-payment of 14-month pension arrears
NIGERIA: ANGRY former workers of the Federal Government on Tuesday lamented their financial handicap due to the non-payment of their pension. The retirees said that the government has not paid them their money, which runs into billions of naira, in the last 14 months. The peeved protesters, who retired from different federal ministries, agencies […]
We can’t afford to pay you now, Amosun tells Ogun pensioners
NIGERIA: OGUN State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun on Tuesday dashed the hopes of pensioners in the state on the payment of their gratuities and pensions. The governor said that with the fall in revenue accruing to the state, particularly from the Federation Account, his administration would be day-dreaming to promise the retirees that they would […]
NLC backs Ogun pensioners over demand for pensions, gratuities
NIGERIA: THE aggrieved pensioners in Ogun State have gotten the backing of the state chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The congress said that it was totally in full support of the pensioners towards their agitation for the payment of their outstanding pensions and gratuities by the government of Senator Ibikunle Amosun. The NLC […]
Ogun retirees angry with Amosun government
NIGERIA: MEMBERS of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Ogun State Chapter, are not happy with the government of Senator Ibikunle Amosun. The angry retirees in their thousands on Thursday converged at the Nigeria Labour Congress Secretariat along Moshood Abiola Way, Abeokuta and accused the All Progressive Congress (APC) government of treating them inhumanly by […]
Cleric to pensioners: Begin prayer, fasting to touch Okorocha’s heart
NIGERIA: WITH over 10 months debts of pensions coupled with unpaid arrears over the years – some as far back as 1998 – a Catholic priest has asked pensioners in Imo State to embark on fasting and prayer session. The move, according to the Catholic Archbishop of Owerri, Most Rev. Anthony Obinna, seems reasonable […]
