Retirees in Anambra State have appealed to Governor Willie Obiano to pay them their Retirement Benefits.
The state chairman of Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Dr Anthony Ugozor, observed during a meeting with pensioners in Onitsha North Local Government Secretariat on Wednesday, that the last gratuity was paid in 2017, adding that the leadership of pensioners was told that there was no instruction to pay gratuity to retired workers.
He pointed out that if the pension is reviewed as and when due, harmonisation done as it should be done and arrears paid when it is supposed to be paid, they would be more comfortable and have enough money to take care of themselves.
According to Ugozor, who was the former chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in the state, the 1999 constitution, as amended, provides that pension shall be reviewed every five years, or during any civil service salary review, regretting that the various governments had deliberately ignored the provision.
He regretted that in 2010, there was a review of salary by way of 18, 000 naira minimum wage which did not benefit pensioners.
Ugozor also lamented that in 2015, there was another salary enhancement by the government of Anambra state for all workers and nobody remembered pensioners.
He therefore called on state Government to look into the matter with a view to addressing the anomalies.
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