Punishing Pensioners: ‘We Look Up To God For Intervention’

[Shola Sholaz]

Imagine the picture of old men, their eyes closed in prayer. Mind you, this is not a prayer for the success of their children as many senior citizens are wont to do. This is a prayer for their survival, a prayer to God to touch the heart of government to pay their entitlements after labouring in their youth in the public service but made to suffer in their old age.

Their lot has been non- payment of their entitlements, omission of their names from the payroll, under-payment, and delayed payment.
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Sometimes they are even called for verification exercise to exorcise ghosts from the payroll, in the course of which many of the retirees collapse and die on queue.
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As one of the measures  to address their plight, over 200 pensioners, under the umbrella of Lagos State Council of Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, gathered,  in Lagos, for fasting, seeking God's intervention  on the payment of the backlog of their arrears.
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Some of the senior citizens, in their 60s and 80s, prayed  government to pay their pensions.

[Folami David]

Of course after every atrocity man commits it all ends up in us looking up to God for  intervention. That's how humans are....