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  • Pensioners to Buhari: have mercy on us

    Pensioners in the Federal Civil Service have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to give more attention to the welfare of the senior citizens who had served the country meritoriously during their active service.

    Although, they appreciated the efforts made so far by the present administration, but still pleading that the payment of the remaining outstanding allowances should be made for the survival of their members.

    They spoke through the new chairman of the Federal Civil Service Pensioners( FCSP) in Ondo state, Kehinde Durotoye on Monday during the inauguration of its new executives in Akure, the Ondo state capital.

    The election was coordinated by Officials of FCSP from Abuja under the aegis of Nigerian Union of Pensioners( NUP).

    He said the federal government should fast track the efforts in settling all outstanding arrears of pensioners, stressing that many of them had died due to lack of funds to meet various needs especially food and medication.

    Durotoye recalled with dissatisfaction May 2011, when he was appointed as the state coordinator of the union by former leadership of the union and inaugurated alongside other sister states of Ekiti, Kwara, Kogi and Ogun.

    He said”: We thought we had arrived but the shenanigans that played out between the former leaders and NUP National Headquarters scuttled that dream.

    The chairman noted that the National Headquarters decided not to recognize the inauguration on the grounds that they were not carried along despite being duly informed in writing and approved fund for the exercise.

    The state NUP Chairman,Chief Raphael Adetuwo congratulated the new officers, noting that as leader of Pensioners, he should be ready to tolerate incessant worries from senior citizens because of old age hazards and poverty.

    Other new executive members include Segun Ayegoro, Vice Chairman, Mrs O.Agbi, Treasurer, Olusegun Jacob, Auditor, James Aremu, State Trustee 1 and Femi Owoeye, State Auditor 11.

  • Ondo Pensioners hail Akeredolu

    Pensioners in Ondo State have lauded Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) for always respecting them and listening to their views.

    The pensioners hailed the governor for granting them audience to discuss the  issue of their welfare when they visited him.

    They  were full of excitement during their meeting with Akeredolu at the Governor’s Office on Tuesday,  stressing that the immediate past government ignored them for six years.

    Led by their Chairman, Chief Raphael Adetuwo, they hailed Governor Akeredolu’s interest to provide fund for this year’s Pensioners’ Day Celebration.

    According to them,  the union itched to meet with the immediate past government for six years without success.

    They also hailed the governor for assisting the state pensioners union to put its vehicle on the road.

    Adetuwo said: “The prompt payment of monthly pensions since he came on board and his frantic effort to completely clear the liabilities inherited from his predecessor are commendable and praise-worthy.”

    Governor Akeredolu, while responding, told the pensioners said his administration owe the people of the state,  including the pensioners, the responsibility to serve them well and creditably.

    He added that the people of the state also deserved good infrastructure.

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    The governor condemned suggestions in some quarters that he was executing projects, instead of spending all the public resources on payments of workers’ salaries.

    Akeredolu added that investing in the future of the state could not be termed as white elephant.

    He said: “Building good roads for the comfort of our people and rehabilitating public schools for children are not white elephant projects.

    “I am yet to be convinced that borrowing money to rehabilitate dilapidated public school building could be regarded as white elephant.”

    Akeredolu, however, clarified, to the admiration of the pensioners, that the N150 being deducted from from their pensions are bank charges.

    He said: “Before my administration came on board,  N350 was being deducted from the pension as bank charges, but when we came in,  we intervened to get the money reduced to N150. So,  the money is not being remitted to the state government’s coffer.”

  • ‘We are dying of hunger’, Ondo Pensioners cry out

    Pensioners in Ondo state have pleaded with the labour leaders in the state to help them fight for their outstanding entitlements.

    The state NUP chairman, Chief Raphael Adetuwo, said the unpaid entitlements have subjected pensioners to untold hardship in the state.

    Adetuwo hinged their outcry on the recent directive by President Muhammadu Buhari to governors on payment of salaries and pensions.

    He added that old age hazards and poverty are bitter experiences among them.

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    The senior citizen disclosed that pensioners are yet to be paid pension and gratuities since 2012, adding that the 33 per cent pension increase has not been approved by the state government since 2014.

    He said “15 percent pension increase paid to state pensioners in 2012 is yet to be paid to the local government pensioners including primary school pensioners

    “Arrears of monthly pension as a result of delay in the payment of monthly pension after retirement are yet to be paid since 2012. Gratuities to state pensioners who served Federal Government between 1972 and 1976 are yet to be paid.”

    The NUP chairman, who accused the state government of shirking away from those financial responsibilities, urged the labour leaders to come to their aid.

     

  • Ondo pensioners beg for payment of unpaid entitlements

    Pensioners in Ondo state have pleaded with the labour leaders in the state to help them fight for their outstanding entitlements.

    The state NUP chairman, Chief Raphael Adetuwo, said the unpaid entitlements have subjected pensioners to untold hardship in the state.

    Adetuwo hinged their outcry on the recent directive by President Muhammadu Buhari to governors on payment of salaries and pensions.

    He added that old age hazards and poverty are bitter experiences among them.

    The senior citizen disclosed that pensioners are yet to be paid pension and gratuities since 2012, adding that the 33 per cent pension increase has not been approved by the state government since 2014.

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    He said”15 percent pension increase paid to state pensioners in 2012 is yet to be paid to the local government pensioners including primary school pensioners

    “Arrears of monthly pension as a result of delay in the payment of monthly pension after retirement are yet to be paid since 2012. Gratuities to state pensioners who served Federal Government between 1972 and 1976 are yet to be paid.”

    The NUP chairman, who accused the state government of shirking away from those financial responsibilities, urged the labour leaders to come to their aid.