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Kaduna pensioners to benefit from health insurance scheme
The Kaduna State Contributory Health Management Authority (KADCHMA) and the state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on health insurance for its pensioners. Speaking at the signing of the MoU on Monday in Kaduna, the Director-General (DG) of KADCHMA, Abubakar Hassan, said the benefits of the scheme for the pensioners were…
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Pensioners write Tinubu, others, say PenCom scheme worsening retirees’ woes
The Correctional Officers Pencom Retirees Association of Nigeria (COPRAN), says the contributory Pension Commission (PenCom) scheme is worsening the challenges of retirees. COPRAN, in a petition to President Bola Tinubu, Senate President, Speaker House of Representatives, Minister of Labour, and Human Rights Commission, among others, said that pensioners were starved of their funds by PenCom after retirement. The President of…
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Ondo govt pays N3.2bn gratuity to pensioners
The Ondo State Government on Friday began the payment of N3.2 billion outstanding gratuity to pensioners in the state. Speaking at the event in Akure, Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, said that the N3.2 billion disbursement would offset the total gratuity owed the 2015 retirees under the State Pension Scheme. Aiyedatiwa said out of the amount, N1 billion would be used to…
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Pensioners hail Sule over payment of pension arrears
The Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), Nasarawa State chapter, has commended Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa for reviewing pensions and clearing arrears of gratuity and pension in the state. The pensioners said this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lafia. The NUP Chairman, in the state, Mr Hudu Baba-Abdullahi, said that senior citizens…
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Rivers captures additional pensioners on payroll
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has approved the inclusion of 2,673 additional retirees into the monthly pension payment scheme of the state government. According to a statement by the Director-General, Rivers State Pension Board, Ijeoma Samuel, the approval followed the completion of biometric data capture of the new pensioners. This is in addition to the 15,400 pensioners currently receiving monthly…
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Rivers pensioners, civil servants protest unpaid salaries
Members of Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Rivers State council and civil servants in the state, yesterday protested over what they described as insensitivity of Governor Chibuike Amaechi-led administration, to non-payment of pension and salaries in the past two to six months. The protesters, who besieged the state secretariat at about 9.a.m, alleged that the state governor had refused to…
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I will alleviate plight of pensioners – Buhari
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari has promised to alleviate the plight of pensioners across the country when he becomes President. General Buhari, who spoke while being presented with petition signed by a group of ex-servicemen protesting their treatment by the PDP-administration in the country, said that he is “saddened by the current situation…
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