By Adebayo Yusuf The National President of Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, Mazi Godwin Abumisi has commended the giant strides of Oyo State Council of the union. Mazi Abumisi said this while featuring on a special programme on Pensioners FM. He described Oyo NUP as a pace setter among other labour unions. Mazi Abumisi, lauded…
By Yetunde Oke A former Minister of Communication, Barrister Adebayo Shittu, has attributed one of the challenges in the country’s communication system to inadequate funding. Barrister Shittu made this known while featuring on Pensioners’ FM Current Affairs Programme, “The Search Light”. The former Communication Minister under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari, also highlighted…
The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has stated that the enrollment of pensioners into the health insurance scheme in the state was initiated after a situational review found that many of them were dealing with various health challenges. Governor Adeleke made this revelation on Wednesday during the launch of pensioners’ enrollment for the Osun Health…
About 19,000 retirees will now be beneficiaries of subsidised health care services in Osun State, as the state government is set to enroll them in the Osun Health Insurance Scheme (OHIS). This is coming after a directive by the state governor, Ademola Adeleke, for the enrollment of retirees in the state into the scheme. The…
The Oyo State Government has alerted the general public that some people have been swindling pensioners in the state, with a promise to fast track their gratuities. The Commissioner for Establishment and Training, Honourable Adeniyi Adebisi stated this in a statement signed by Commissioner for Information and Orientation Prince Dotun Oyelade, in Ibadan, Oyo State…
By Yetunde Oke The Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP Oyo State Council has described Pensioners as endangered humans due to the effects of fuel subsidy removal. The Executive Secretary of the Union, Comrade Olusegun Abatan made this known while featuring on a monitored radio programme in Ibadan. According to Comrade Abatan, the hardship brought upon…
By Yetunde Oke Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP Oyo state Council has appealed to Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde to put in place without delay wage and pension award for Oyo state pensioners. The Executive Secretary of the Union, Comrade Olusegun Abatan, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Ibadan. According…
The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation will from next month start payment of N25,000 grants to the benefiting members of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners captured in the expanded National Social Register of the Conditional Cash Transfer, CCT, Scheme. This is according to the statement signed on behalf of the Minister For…
By Adebayo Yusuf The Southwest zone pensioners under the aegis of Nigeria Union of Pensioners Contributory Pension Scheme, NUPCPS have staged a peaceful protest in Ibadan. NUPCPS said the protest was on the withholding of their shortfall entitlements worth over 8 billion naira by the former Director of National Salary and Wages Commission, Alhaji Ibrahim…
By Adebayo Yusuf The federal government through Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, PTAD has launched the National Health Insurance Authority, NHIA for 3,000 federal and state government retirees with federal shares. Deputy Chairman of Pension committee at National Assembly, Honourable Olaide Mohammed made this known at the launch of the pilot scheme of NHIA, held at…