By Micheal Adeyemo The Oyo State Government has approved One billion, six hundred and fifty million for the payment of gratuities and death benefits to Retired local government staff and primary school teachers. The Chairman, Local Government Staff Pension Board, Oyo state Honourable Akeem Ige made this known during the flagging off ceremony held at…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has knocked President Bola Tinubu’s two years anniversary in office, saying Nigerian workers and the masses have experienced no gains but only pain and misery. NLC President, joe Ajaero,stated that there has been nothing to celebrate since the government came into power. When President Bola Tinubu took office on May…
By Adebayo Yusuf The Oyo State government has paid over 23 billion naira as gratuities and death benefits to retired primary school teachers and retired local government workers since 2019. Chairman, Oyo State Local Government Staff Pension Board, Honourable Akeem Ige made this known at the monthly payments of gratuities and death benefits to retirees…
By Adebayo Yusuf The Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP southwest zone has called on Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, PTAD to intervene in finding lasting solution to the hardship being faced by pensioners who had pension accounts with the defunct Heritage bank. The Public Relations Officer of the union, Comrade Olusegun Abatan made the call while…
By Adebayo Yusuf The Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP southwest zone has appealed to the federal government to fully implement the pension increment of 32,000 naira for all federal retirees under the Defined Benefit Scheme (DBS). The Public Relations Officer of the union, Comrade Olusegun Abatan made the appeal while addressing newsmen at the quarterly…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu President Bola Tinubu has been commended for taking a bold step in relieving Federal Pensioners of economic hardship they are facing by taking a bond of N758 Billon (Seven Hundred and Fifty-Eight Billion Naira) to offset all pension arrears and commitments. The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria made the commendation in…
By Adebayo Yusuf The Oyo state government says the previous “I Am Alive” verification exercise in the state, has enabled the government discovered deceased pensioners on government payroll. The Chairman, Oyo State Local Government Staff Pension Board, Honourable Akeem Ige made this known at the official launch of the second batch of “I Am Alive”…
By Adebayo Yusuf The Chairman, Retired Army Navy and Airforce Officers Association of Nigeria, RANAO, Oyo State Chapter, Rear Admiral Babatunde Egbedina (rtd) has advocated better welfare and supervision of Internally Displaced Persons, IDP camps across the country by the federal government. Rear Admiral Egbedina in an interview with Pensioners FM Correspondent, made this known…
By Adebayo Yusuf The Oyo State Local Government Staff Pension Board will begin “I Am Alive” Physical Screening of both retired local government staff and teaching and non teaching staff of public primary schools in the state, in order to determine the actual number of retirees that are still alive and those that have died. The…
Michael Vember, the Benue State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), has raised alarm over the dire situation pensioners in the state continue to face. Mr. Vember revealed that some retirees are still receiving as little as N4,000 per month, questioning how they are expected to survive given the high cost of living….