pensioners

November 22, 2017

Osun Govt, pensioners exchange words as headmaster commits suicide over 13 months unpaid gratuity

Osun pensioners operating on the platform of 2011/2012 Forum of Retired Public Servants on Wednesday organised a protest over non-payment of their pensions for 13 and-a-half months. Highlights: The [placard-carrying protesters took off from Ayetoro Junction and marched to the popular Olaiya Junction where they addressed journalists. Leaders of the pensioners’ group said the protest was... Read More

Arrears, gratuity, Osun State Government, pensioners, RAUF AREGBESOLA, suicide

Opinion: My encounter with an unusual beggar that left me astonished

by ‘Kunle Adebajo The location was the Ade Ajayi Garden, University of Ibadan. I was enjoying the second round of a game of Scrabble with a good friend when this elderly man came around to beg for alms. You see, at the University of Ibadan, beggars are not an uncommon sight. Even for introverts who... Read More

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Osun is not owing workers – Aregbesola

Governor of Osun, Rauf Aregbesola says he is not owing civil servants salaries. Aregbesola said this on Wednesday in Osogbo at a symposium organised by the Osun Command of the Police Community Relations Committee, NAN reports. Aregbesola said it was adversaries who were spreading fake news to incite the public against his administration. He, however,... Read More

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Pay us with N6.314bn Paris refund | Pensioners tell Aregbesola

Some pensioners in Osun State on Wednesday staged a protest to demand payment of their pensions and gratuities. This comes just a day after Governor Rauf Aregbesola confirmed that he had received N6.314bn as the second tranche of the Paris Club loan refund. The Chairman of the forum, Mr Omoniyi Ilesanmi, who led the protest said... Read More

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Dino Melaye

Gov. Bello wants to assassinate me – Dino Melaye

by Dolapo Adelana The Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has accused the Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello, of plotting to assassinate him. for fighting for the state’s workers and pensioners. Melaye, who said this on Saturday said Bello wanted him dead because he (Melaye) was fighting for the state’s workers and pensioners. Addressing women of his... Read More

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N54bn released for pension arrears not enough – Pensioners

The Nigerian Union of Pensioners has said the N54bn released by the Federal Government for payment of pensions was not enough to offset pension arrears. NUP President, Dr Abel Afolayan said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Afolayan said the Federal Government owes pensioners over N280bn. He said, “NUP has it on verified record... Read More

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Reps summon Adeosun, Udoma over N302bn pension debt

by Azeez Adeniyi The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; her Labour counterpart, Senator Chris Ngige, and Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma over the non-payment of pensioners in the country. The lower chamber also summoned the Head of Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita. Speaker of... Read More

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The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories you should monitor today. N’Assembly will soon publish its budget – Dogara Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara said the National Assembly has directed all its agencies to submit their budget details for publication. 2. Paris Club refund: EFCC summons Saraki’s aides The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission... Read More

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Buhari is concerned about the plight of pensioners – Dogara

by Dolapo Adelana Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, says President Muhammadu Buhari is concerned about issues relating to pensioners. Dogara, said this on Wednesday when he received a delegation from the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, led its president, Abel Afolayan. He said it would be unconstitutional for public officials not to pay... Read More

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December 28, 2016

Imo governor, Okorocha asks pensioners to forfeit 60 per cent arrears

Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has allegedly pensioners in the state to forfeit more than half of the benefits due to them, TheCable reports. According to the news platform, the governor in a letter ask the retirees to sign for 40 per cent of their arrears and forfeit the remaining 60 percent. The letter... Read More

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December 20, 2016

Joel Ighosa Ighalo: The public servants who do not care [NEXT]

by Joel Ighosa Ighalo I’ve always wanted to talk about the nonchalance of public service workers, what you may call their “I don’t Care Attitude.” I have also come to realise that I would be doing grave injustice and subjectivity to the topic if I fail to consider the arrears of remuneration owed to these people... Read More

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December 14, 2016

Kogi to begin payment of 4 months salary arrears

The government of Kogi has said it would pay workers and pensioners salary arrears on or before December 20. This was stated by the Director General, Research and Development, Kogi State, Moses Okafor on Wednesday. Okafor said the government was through with the screening which has been causing the delay. “Though the screening exercise was... Read More

Arrears, Kogi, pensioners, salaries, workers, Yahaya Bello

November 21, 2016

#OndoDecides: My driver earns N75,000 monthly, Ondo workers can’t be earning N18,000 – Jimoh Ibrahim

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 26 governorship election in Ondo, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim says he would increase the minimum wage of workers in the state if elected. Ibrahim who said this on Monday during the Ondo governorship debate stated it was unfair for workers in the state to... Read More

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2 Benue pensioners slump during protest

Two pensioners of the Benue State Civil Service slumped on Wednesday during a protest staged by retirees under the umbrella of Concerned Benue Pensioners in Makurdi, the state capital. The retirees were protesting the non-payment of unpaid entitlements and gratuity which spanned 11 months by the Benue state government. During the protest round the streets... Read More

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Imo pensioners protest salary arrears, block major road (PHOTOS)

Imo state pensioners are presently carrying out a protest action at Douglas-Okigwe road, which leads to the government house. The aged protesters have blocked the strategic road and prevented workers from going to work and motorists from leaving an already growing traffic situation. Lecturers in the state have been on strike for some months and state governor,... Read More

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December 23, 2015

‘You have failed us’ | Bayelsa pensioners picket outside Dickson’s government house

Aggrieved pensioners in Bayelsa state took to the streets on Wednesday, to protest Governor Seriake Dickson’s failure to pay them their allowances in four months. They blocked major roads in Yenagoa, carried placards and marched from St. Peters Primary School Ovom to the Government House gate in Onopa. Some of the placards they carried bore inscriptions... Read More

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Ambode to settle N11bn pension debts

The Lagos state government has released N11 billion to pay off pensions owed since 2010. The Head of Service, Folashade Jaji said this on Wednesday. She said, “The development is part of efforts put in place by the present administration to find a holistic solution to the issue of payment of pension entitlements to retirees... Read More

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Angry pensioners protest in Osun state (PHOTOS)

The Nigerian Union of Pensioners in Osun state protested lately over the non-payment of their pensions for the past seven months. In a speech on Wednesday by the Chairman of NUP in the state, Dr. J.A. Olunlade, he lamented that many of his colleagues die because they lack money to buy food and drugs. The... Read More

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Pension fund fraud: NLC plans protest over stolen billions

by Rachel Ogbu Nigeria Labour Congress has picked April 10 to hold a protest march on the Presidential Villa and all state Government Houses over the embezzlement of billions meant for pensioners in the country. On Thursday, President of the NLC, Abdulwahed Omar, and the acting General Secretary of the Congress, Chris Uyot, said in the... Read More

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