Retrenched 1991 staff members of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) have called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on the full payment of their gratuities and entitlements.
The call followed the death of their member, Mr. Eugene Akwazie, due to the lack of money to take care of his failing health.
He lamented that despite directives from several quarters, including a supreme court judgment asking the management of the authority to pay, NPA had refused to comply fully with the judgment. “The retirees neither absconded from duty nor abandoned their duty posts for any reason. We were obedient servants before we were retrenched on the 10th of June 1991, without the payment of our entitlements. The above mentioned infractions are what could deprive an employee of his/her statutory rights of pensions. We do not know why we deserve this severe punishment for over 30 years from NPA where we put in our best during our youthful age.
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