Tag: Nigeria Union of Pensioners

Pensioners plan nationwide protest

Aminu Imam

Members of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, (NUP), have said they will on Friday embark on a massive nationwide protest over the failure of the Federal Government to increase their pension allowances. The outgoing President of the NUP, Abel Afolayan, disclosed this in Abuja at the 11th quadrennial delegate conference of the union yesterday. He said his members would ground the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation during the protest. Afolayan told newsmen that the union had issued to the Federal Government an ultimatum on the…

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Anambra: Retirees set to embark on hunger strike over four years unpaid gratuities

Aminu Imam

Pensioners in Anambra State have threatened to embark on a hunger strike over unpaid gratuities. It was gathered that the State Chairman of the pensioners, Anthony Ugozor, made this threat in Awka, the Anambra State capital, on Sunday. Ugozor, who claimed that the State government was owing pensioners in the State 4 years arrears of gratuities, said the retirees would hold a meeting early next year to take a decision on the matter. “There are arrears of 4 years of gratuities in Anambra. The payment of gratuities stopped in Anambra…

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“We’ll make every State ungovernable if governors borrow our fund” – Pensioners

Aminu Imam

Some pensioners, under the auspices of Nigeria Union of Pensioners, (NUP), have warned that they would make every State of the federation ungovernable if the State governors borrow from the pension funds as they are reportedly planning.  The pensioners made this declaration at the 19th edition of Pensioners Day celebration held at the Labour House, Abuja, noting that any moment they hear that the state governors borrow from the pension funds, there would be spontaneous protest everywhere all over the federation; warning that “they should not attempt it.”  The governors,…

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