FG pledges to pay entitlements of ex-Nigerian Airways staff Nigerians Nigeria
The Federal Government has assured ex-workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways that it is committed to the payment of their entitlements after they are audited.
A statement by Mr Olajide Oshundun, the Deputy Director, Information, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja. He added that the exercise was meant to ensure that all eligible beneficiaries were audited and their entitlements paid.He, however, advised them to cooperate with the verifiers and ensure that they provided all the documents required for the exercise.
However, following continued agitations by the workers for their entitlements, President Muhammadu Buhari in 2018 approved that all audited staff of the organisation should be paid 50 per cent of their severance entitlements.
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