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We’re Still On Delayed ₦2,500 Pension – Zamfara Pensioners Groan

August 8, 2022 9:24 am

Some of the Pensioners in Zamfara State have raised the alarm over the incessant delays of their pensions on a monthly basis by the Zamfara State government.

Speaking with Newsmen in Gusau, the State capital, a pensioner, Alhaji Umar Abubakar lamented that their July pension has not been paid by the State government.

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“I retired after 35 years in the State’s civil service but nothing to show for it.

“As I am talking to you, my gratuity due to me has not been paid since 2017 when I …

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Wike Finally Approves Payment Of Pension Arrears In Rivers

June 15, 2022 12:47 pm

Pensioners in Rivers State have finally breathed a little sigh of relief as Nyesom Wike, the Rivers State Governor finally approved the immediate payment of outstanding gratuity, monthly pension, arrears, and death benefits of retirees in the state public service which came after persistent protests by Pensioners in the State.

A statement by the Director-General of the Rivers State Pension Board, Samuel Ijeoma said the exercise will be done in batches.

It said the first batch is for all those who retired up to June 2014.

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It said …

2023 We Would Vote Against Govs Owing Pensions - Pensioners

2023: We Would Vote Against Govs Owing Pensions – Pensioners

June 3, 2022 3:53 am

The Nigeria Union of Pensioners has threatened to vote against Governors who are owing pensions during the 2023 general elections insisting that such Governors do not deserve to be voted for.

Speaking to on Thursday, the President of the union, Godwin Abumisi, stated that many State Governors are owing pensioners.

He went on to posit that, this has made life unbearable for its members.

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According to him, some State Governors have also refused to review pensions of retirees, even though the constitution provides that pensions should be reviewed …

‘Pay Our Gratuities’ – Ogun Pensioners Tell Gov Abiodun

‘Pay Our Gratuities’ – Ogun Pensioners Tell Gov Abiodun

September 23, 2020 9:02 am

Pensioners in Ogun State have called on Governor Dapo Abiodun to pay their gratuities.

The pensioners claimed that state government retirees were owed from 2014 while local government counterparts are owed from 2011.

The pensioners, who earlier protested around Abiola Way in Abeokuta, asked Gov Abiodun to repeal what they termed “the obnoxious pension bill”, asking him not to deprive them of their legitimate pension and gratuities.

At a press conference addressed in Abeokuta, the Chairman, Nigeria Union of Pensioners in the state, Mr. Waheed Oloyede, said the proposal by government to release a sum of N500 million quarterly from …

Why Uzodinma Must Not Be Returned As Governor Of Imo In 2024

Gov Uzodinma’s Flimsy Excuse For Owing Salaries, Pensions

July 6, 2020 3:44 am

The recent protests carried out in Imo state by aged pensioners demanding their pensions and arrears from the maladministration of Governor Hope Uzodinma have somehow compelled him to come out with claims of alleged fraud in Imo state civil service salary and pension structures to the tune of three hundred and thirty million naira (₦330, 000, 000) lost annually to eight people.

In all sincerity, before going further to explain why Governor Uzodinma’s reason for not paying salaries and pensions, is not just a flimsy one but blatant falsehood, it is important for the readers to understand the fact that …

Imo Pensioners Lament - Govt Playing Politics With Our Pension

Imo Pensioners Lament: “Govt Playing Politics With Our Pension”

July 1, 2020 7:51 am

Pensioners in Imo state besieged the Imo State government on Tuesday demanding their full pension arrears and lamenting on the way they were turned back the previous time they were at the Government house.

They also blocked some roads in Owerri, the Imo State capital, in protest against their unpaid pensions and gratuities.

They appealed to Governor Hope Uzodinma to consider the plight and pay them without further delay, just as they cursed those preventing them from receiving their gratuity and pensions.

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Their placards bore various inscription as: “We Are Dying, …

Imo Pensioners Protest Four Months Pension Arrears

Imo Pensioners Protest Four Months Pension Arrears

June 24, 2020 4:28 am

Thousands of pensioners in Imo State on Tuesday took to the streets of Owerri, the state capital, to protest over four months pension arrears dating from February 2020.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the Imo retirees, led by the chairman of Imo Pension Intervention Committee IPIC, Iyke Ohanaeji, threatened a mother of all protest if the government failed to hear their voices.

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He cried, “We have been going hungry and many are dying. No money to feed our families, yet, the government seems not to bother.

“We shall embark

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20 Dead Pensioners On Bauchi Govt Payroll Uncovered

December 17, 2019 2:36 pm

A committee set up by the Bauchi State Government yesterday said that it had discovered 20 dead pensioners, who are still on the government’s payroll.

Secretary of the committee set up to verify workers and pensioners without Bank Verification Numbers (BVN), Alhaji Ishiaka Tijjani, disclosed this to newsmen in Bauchi.

Tijjani said that the discovery followed the committee’s partial screening of some pensioners residing in Zaki and Katagum Local Government Councils of the state.

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He said the 20 pensioners were out of 600 pensioners screened during the partial exercise, …

Wike Approves Enrolment Of More Pensioners On Payroll

December 9, 2019 12:11 pm

Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has approved the inclusion of 2,673 additional retirees into the monthly pension payment scheme of the state government.

According to a statement on Sunday by the Director-General, Rivers State Pension Board, Ijeoma Samuel, the approval followed the completion of biometric data capture of the new pensioners.

This is in addition to the 15,400 pensioners currently receiving monthly pensions, the statement said.

According to the statement, the State Monthly Pensions Payroll now has 18,073 Pensioners while the biometric capture was ongoing for public servants retiring between August and December 2019.

It said that an ICT Department …

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FG Owes Pensioners Over ₦400bn, Says Senator

December 4, 2019 4:29 am

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service, Ibrahim Shekarau, has claimed that the federal government currently owes retirees over N400 billion in accrued pension.

Shekarau said this at the second annual National Assembly retreat with the Pension Funds Operators Association of Nigeria (PenOp) held in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State late on Monday.

He said the committee would work with the federal government to offset all the arrears, “even if it would be the only achievement that the ninth National Assembly would be remembered for.

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“Government owes the accrued …

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