Federal pensioners below the Contributory Pension Scheme have written to the coordinating Minister of Finance and Nationwide Economic system, Wale Edun, at the want for the federal government to drop the amassed gratuities owed pensioners from March 2023 to November 2024.
The pensioners, who had previous staged a calm rally on the Ministry of Finance on November 12, 2024, expressed hold in high esteem for the minister’s “mature and civilised“ dealing with in their grievances. On the other hand, they lamented that regardless of guarantees, their pensions remained unpaid.
The pensioners are tough the rapid drop of the phenomenal 21 months of amassed rights to retired people employees from March 2023 to November 2024.
They’re additionally looking for fee of unpaid pension increments, together with a fifteen according to cent building up in 2007, a 33 according to cent building up in 2010, and a 20 – 28 according to cent building up in 2024.
They referred to as at the Federal Executive to claim a climate of disaster within the CPS sector and pull rapid steps to cloudless all executive liabilities prior to December 16, 2024.
The pensioners’ union management mentioned that that they had the mandate in their individuals national to pull this motion, and they might no longer backtrack till their calls for have been met.
“From 12 pm at the sixteenth of December, 2024 all CPS retirees national will create the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Place of business of the Accountant Common of the Federation at Abuja their properties till the federal government is able to meet their calls for.
“We name at the Federal Executive of Nigeria to claim a climate of disaster within the Contributory Pension Scheme and to pull rapid steps to cloudless all executive’s liabilities on this sector prior to sixteenth December, 2024, if the Federal Executive would no longer need the entire global to look at Nigerian retired senior electorate below the Contributory Pension Scheme to show the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Place of business of the Accountant Common of the Federation at Abuja as their properties till the federal government is able to meet their calls for.
“Our main demands include: immediate release of all the outstanding 21 months of accrued rights to retired public workers from March 2023 to November 2024; payments of all the unpaid pension increments; 15 per cent pension increase in 2007; 33 per cent pension increase in 2010; Consequential pension adjustment in 2019 following the increase in the national minimum wage and 20 per cent to 28 per cent pension increase in 2024.”