Pensioners

Visible Articles 5 10 15
Pensioners protest in Benue, demand payment of backlog by successive govts

Pensioners protest in Benue, demand payment of backlog by successive govts

By Peter Duru – Makurdi A faction of pensioners in Benue state on the aegis of Aggrieved Benue Pensioners, Wednesday, staged a peaceful protest in Makurdi, the state capital demanding the payment of backlog of pension arrears accumulated by successive governments in the state. The pensioners some of who bore placards with inscriptions like “Governor […]

Kebbi pensioners groan under unpaid gratuities

Kebbi pensioners groan under unpaid gratuities

By Haruna Aliyu Kebbi State Pensioners are groaning under unpaid gratuities, lamenting that those who retired in 2016, 2017 and 2018 have not been paid a kobo since the government paid them between 40 and 60 per cent of their total gratuities. Spokesperson of the aggrieved retirees, Alhaji Babangida Garba Gwandu, also expressed sadness that […]

Military begins online verification of pensioners

Military begins online verification of pensioners

By Kingsley Omonobi Military Pensions Board, MPB, has unveiled its plans to transmute from manual verification of all military pensioners to a more secure and user-friendly electronic verification. The chairman of MPB, Commodore Saburi Lawal, announced this at the inauguration of staff and office accommodation and other projects at the board’s permanent site at Dutse, […]

Why do state governors hate pensioners?

Why do state governors hate pensioners?

By Ogbonnaya Akoma From media reports across the country, it has become glaringly obvious that a majority of state governors do wilfully and intentionally fail to pay retirees their merited monthly pensions and retirement gratuities as a result of hatred and sadistic inclinations! It is because these governors hate and dislike pensioners and retirees in […]