‘We’re impoverished’ — pensioners demand inclusion in proposed palliatives | TheCable
July 24, 2023 6:59 PMThe Nigeria Union of Pensioners has asked the federal government to include members of the union in the proposed palliatives to cushion the economic hardship of the petrol subsidy removalThe federal government had earlier proposed the payment of N8,000 monthly to 12 million households to reduce the hardship caused by the subsidy removal.an immediate review of the conditional cash transfer.
“There is no gainsaying that the removal of the fuel subsidy has further impoverished and pauperised the vulnerable Nigeria pensioners like other vulnerable group of persons in our society who are always struggling and battling for survival.“We believe that if the proposed palliatives are religiously implemented to the letter on record time devoid of the usual bureaucratic bottlenecks, it will go a long way to calm down frayed nerves of the obvious angry Nigerians.
He also noted that members, under the contributory pension scheme , have been short-changed by 15 percent of the 2007 pension review.
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