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….
By Yetunde Oke Pensioners under the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, are set to protest their unpaid gratuities and arrears at the Accountant General Office, Abuja. Chairman, CPS, Southwest, Comrade Joe Oyadiran made this known while featuring on Pensioners FM programme, “The Searchlight.” According to Comrade Oyadiran, the government has been withholding their gratuities and…
By Yetunde Oke The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has approved 25,00O naira as minimum pension for Pensioners in the state. The Chairman Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, Oyo State Council, Comrade James Osuntade and the union’s Secretary, Comrade Olusegun Abatan made this known in a statement jointly signed and made available to newsmen. Comrade…
Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Taraba state chapter, on Wednesday, endorsed Governor Agbu Kefas for the 2027 governorship election. Alh. Mamudu Famlak Yaro, the NUP state chairman made the declaration during the flag-off ceremony for payment and pay-rolling of 1134 local government retirees, at the Taraba state local government staff pension Board Jalingo. The chairman…
The Jigawa State Government, through the State and Local Government Contributory Pension Scheme, has disbursed over N1.543 billion as terminal benefits to 609 retirees across the state. The beneficiaries included those who retired after completing 35 years of service between August and December 2024. The payments were coordinated by the Jigawa State and Local Government…
By Adebayo Yusuf Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, Oyo State Council, has felicitated Christian faithful and Pensioners in the state on this year’s Christmas celebration. Chairman of Oyo NUP, Comrade James Osuntade and Secretary, Comrade Olusegun Abatan, made this known in a joint statement. Comrade Osuntade and Comrade Abatan, urged them to spread love, joy…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu A National Industrial Court sitting in Ibadan has ordered Union Bank of Nigeria Plc to pay sixty-two retirees two hundred and forty million, six hundred and thirty-five thousand, seven hundred and eight two naira, forty-six kobo being the outstanding balance of their redundancy benefits. Delivering the judgment, Justice Hassan Yakubu said the…
By Adebayo Yusuf Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has approved over one billion naira for the payment of gratuities and death benefits to another batch of retired local government workers and primary school teachers. Chairman, Local Government Staff Pension Board, LGSPB, Honourable Akeem Ige made this known at the flag-off ceremony of the payment held…
Low-earning pensioners are now permitted to withdraw their total retirement savings en bloc or continue to receive their monthly pension pending the approval of the Minimum Pension Guarantee. This is according to a memo by the National Pension Commission, which was signed by the Head of the Surveillance Department of Pencom, simply identified as A.M…