NIGERIA A FAILED STATE!!! AS RETIRED PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN OYO PROTEST 56-MONTH UNPAID GRATUITIES....SEE
Christian Rowland writing for ODOGWU MEDIA.......Some retired Primary School teachers in Oyo State under the umbrella of Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest at the state secretariat, Ibadan, over the accumulated pension arrears ranging from 17 to 56 months.
They also lamented non-receipt of gratuities since 2008.
Some of the placards read, “Our children are home, pay our allowances”; “Enough is Enough”.
Akande while addressing journalists, decried the poor plight of the retired teachers such that pensioners only got January 2017 pension this November.
While pointing to a July 2014 directive of Governor Abiola Ajimobi on modalities for regular payment of pensions, Akande said it was baffling that the directive was not heeded, leading to accumulated pensions and gratuities.
“We also request that demands of our pensioners which the government had refused to address over the years be met”.
Executive Secretary, NUP Oyo, Mr Olusegun Abatan in his own contribution, said retired primary school teachers received a monthly pension of N219 million as against the required sum of about N450 million.
Abatan argued that the arrears would not have continued to accumulate if government paid 100 percent of pensions monthly rather than varying percentages.
State Deputy Governor, Chief Moses Adeyemo who addressed the protesters on behalf of Governor Ajimobi, appealed to the pensioners to remain patient for government to attend to the issues.
He stressed that the state government would not intentionally fail to them.
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NIGERIA A FAILED STATE!!! AS RETIRED PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN OYO PROTEST 56-MONTH UNPAID GRATUITIES....SEE
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