- Some retirees successful Borno authorities are reportedly inactive receiving N4,000 monthly pension from the authorities government
- Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Chairman successful Borno state, Yusuf Inuwa, disclosed this during the 2024 May Day celebration
- Inuwas said N4,000 monthly pension for retirees successful the north-east is grossly inadequate astatine this contiguous time
Legit.ng writer Adekunle Dada has implicit 5 years of acquisition covering metro and authorities argumentation
Maiduguri, Borno state - Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Chairman successful Borno state, Yusuf Inuwa, has lamented implicit N4,000 monthly pension paid to immoderate retirees successful the state
Inuwa appealed to Governor Babagana Zulum-led authorities authorities for an upward reappraisal of their monthly pensions.
He stated this successful an code to people the 2024 May Day celebration, successful Maiduguri connected Wednesday, May 1
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He, however, did not notation the fig of specified pensioners who received N4,000 monthly pension, The Punch reports.
“As astatine this infinitesimal determination are immoderate pensioners who are inactive receiving N4,000 arsenic pension per period which is grossly inadequate."“We, therefore, commune for His Excellency involution for upward reappraisal of the monthly pension”The NLC president thanked Governor Zulum for its inaugural called the Blue Ocean Market Strategy, stating that it had produced a drawstring of benefits for workers successful the state, Vanguard reports.
“The rising imperative of creating Blue Ocean Market has led the Borno State authorities to proviso buses for the proscription of the populace astatine subsidised rates, which the workers are besides enjoying currently,”Inuwa besides listed different benefits to workers similar the outgo of N1bn gratuities to families of deceased workers and pensioners; and outgo of N500m gratuity to section authorities workers, among others.
State governors who person accrued workers' salaries
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that immoderate authorities governors successful Nigeria person accrued the salaries of civilian servants successful their states owed to the precocious outgo of living.
Civil servants crossed the federation person been clamouring for an summation successful their wages to bespeak the existent economical concern successful the state and immoderate person gotten their request attended to.
Three Nigerian authorities governors person responded to workers’ demands and accrued their salaries.
Source: Legit.ng