The Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) branch, has called for the implementation of a new passenger service charge being proposed by FAAN to meet the challenges of maintaining airports across the country. Last year, FAAN proposed a hike in passenger service charge for travellers on domestic and international flights. […] …
Pensioners
300,000 neglected pensioners on FG’s payroll – PTAD
About 300,000 pensioners who worked in federal establishments but were disengaged without benefits, mostly because their establishments were privatised without provision for such benefits, have been duly enlisted and are drawing monthly pension. The Executive Secretary of federal government’s Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) Sharon Ikeazor disclosed this in Yola, capital of Adamawa. She added […] …
The pathetic destiny of pensioners in Nigeria
OUR collective sense of compassion may have become so dulled, overtime, to media reports and media images of emaciated senior citizens, collapsing after waiting endlessly in queues under the hot tropical sun, for verification and payment of pension entitlements. In reality, the victims of this oppression, have no ethnic or religious colouration, but are all bound by the common index of social deprivation, while the rest of us discountenance the gross abuse of the dignity of aged men and women, who had served their country for most of their lives.
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Kaduna retired civil servants cry out over unpaid benefits
RETIRED civil servants in Kaduna South Senatorial District have cried out over non-payment of their retirement benefits, saying the ill-treatment by the state government has thrown thousands of families into misery. The civil servants under the auspices of Compulsorily Retired Civil Servants in Southern Kaduna bore their minds on Wednesday in a statement signed by […]
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Edo Govt invites pensioners in batch 47 for verification, payment
We no longer owe pensioners, we pay them – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari, Friday, boasted that his administration has put a stop to the dehumanization of federal pensioners, noting that the welfare of pensioners had remained a priority for his administration since May 2015.
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Govts pushing us to early graves—Pensioners
I’ll end pensioners sufferings in Imo —Nwosu
Pensioners to Buhari: You are the best
Retirees, under the aegis of Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Contributory Pension Scheme Sector (NUPCPS), have written to President Muhammadu Buhari, applauding his administration as the best they have seen in 14 years of the pension scheme.
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Pensioners drag Nasarawa Government to court over entitlements
No fewer than 1, 189 pensioners on Wednesday sued the Nasarawa State Government before the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Makurdi, over nonpayment of gratuity and pension arrears. Addressing the court, counsel to the claimants (pensioners), Mr Sunday Okpale, said that his clients were being paid monthly pensions in percentages since September 2016. READ […]
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