The Nigeria Labour Congress and Nigeria Union of Pensioners held a peaceful rally in Kano, over unpaid retirement benefits.
A pensioner collapsed Thursday while protesting the failure of the Kano State government to pay N36.9b accumulated pension arrears and retirement benefits.
, Kabiru Minijibir, who was there in solidarity with the protesting pensioners, said the state owes 32,600 pensioners accumulated N36.9 billion unpaid arrears.He said that as of June 2022, 18,111 pensioners have not been paid their entitlements. This, he said, has resulted in the deaths of many while others have taken ill with no money to settle their hospital bills.
The NLC chairman appealed that government should henceforth stop the illegal deductions of pensioners’ money, which he noted contravenes the 2016 Pension Law, which prohibits deductions of pensioners’ funds and has mandated agencies and parastatals to pay as at when due. “Failure to do this might result in the pensioners taking the last option, which is – a legal action, but we know and believe that Governor Ganduje has his people in his heart as can be seen in the monthly payment of pension allowances and salaries”.
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