Pay Our Benefits, Federal Retirees In Lagos Beg Federal Government

[Shola Sholaz]

FEDERAL Government pensioners in Lagos, under the umbrella of the Federal Civil Servants branch, of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, Lagos, weekend, pleaded with the Federal Government to pay their pensions and other benefits, lamenting that they had been going through difficult times.
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Representatives of the over 10, 000 Federal Civil Service retirees in Lagos spoke to Vanguard, at the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, office, Yaba, venue of the election of officials into the Federal Civil Servants Lagos branch of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP.
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They said some of them had not been paid since 1996 when they retired.
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Mr. Dele Joseph was elected Chairman of the branch amidst protests from opponents who claimed to have been disenfranchised.

[Folami David]

Of course the benefits have to be paid once and for all for things to be fine again with everyone so I don't blame them for voicing out!