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Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state on Friday said that his administration inherited the sum of N27bn naira in pension arrears from his predecessors. Mohammed, who disclosed this in Bauchi when the Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN), paid him a courtesy visit to mark the 2020 Christmas celebration, explained that despite all the challenges, pensioners
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By Rosemary Onuoha PENSION More opposition to the moves by state governors to borrow from the pension fund has come from pensioners under the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, who argue that most states have no justification to access the fund having refused to key into the scheme. Vanguard investigation shows that only 10 states out
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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, has protested against the proposed removal of its members names from the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, PTAD, payroll. National President of NUP, Dr. Abel Afolayan, in his address at the 19th Edition of Pensioners Day Celebration in Abuja, weekend, said the union was in receipt of
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By Dayo Johnson – Akure Ondo State Government has commenced the payment of the five months outstanding deductions to cooperative societies and two months subventions to the state-owned tertiary institutions totalling N6 billion. A statement issued by the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, said that the commencement of payment followed the directive
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By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Over 6,000 pensioners that retired from the service of Osun State Government have on Wednesday said they are being owed retirement benefits, as well as 30 months salary arrears. Some of the pensioners who thronged streets in Osogbo, the state’s capital protesting against non-payment of their benefit said many of
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James Ogunnaike Retirees in Ogun State under the aegis of Nigeria Union of pensioners (NUP), on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest to register their grievances against what they described as government insensitivity to their plights. The protesting pensioners were armed with placards with various inscriptions: “We say a big no to the killers of pension
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By David Odama – Lafia The Nasarawa state government has offered to pay the sum of N180m monthly to over 1,500 pensioners in the state. This is even as the Nasarawa state government was dragged to a federal high court sitting in Abuja and got judgement garnishing the state government account as a result of
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By Paul Olayemi Pensioners who worked in Delta Steel Company, DSC, Delta State has threatened to take to the street to protest non-payment of the 9 years pension arrears and what they themed “unjust underpayment” by Pension Transition and Administration Department PTAD. The pensioners under the ages of Association of Iron and Steel Retired Staff
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Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, has warned against plans by the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, PTAD, to remove 23,089 parastatals pensioners from the Federal Government’s payroll, faulting claims by PTAD that they are dead.
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Some pensioners in Dagbala, Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo, on Monday commended Gov. Godwin Obaseki for his prompt payment of salaries pensions. Mr Rufus Adogame, who spoke on behalf of the pensioners in the area, gave the commendation at Dagbara Ward 5 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial campaign ground. “In the past, pensioners
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