Pensioners decry non-payment of May pension

The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) has decried the non payment of pension  for the month of May to pensioners across the country. The union in a statement jointly signed by the National President, Dr. A.O Afolayan and the General Secretary, Elder Actor Zal lamented the hardship the non-payment of the May pension has caused […]

The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) has decried the non payment of pension  for the month of May to pensioners across the country.

The union in a statement jointly signed by the National President, Dr. A.O Afolayan and the General Secretary, Elder Actor Zal lamented the hardship the non-payment of the May pension has caused its members all over the country.

The statement reads: “Efforts to find out what could have been the cause of the delay for the payment received no proper and convincing explanation from the Federal Government pay agencies.”

The union therefore appealed to the Acting President,  Yemi Osinbajo to as a matter of urgency intervene and ensure that May pension is paid immediately without further delay in order to ameliorate the suffering of its members across the nation most of whom are aged. He added that it also be made it a deliberate policy that pensioners are paid latest by 25th of every month.

The union added that this could be one of the best legacies that this government would bequeath to the nation as it is done in other normal climes that recognise and appreciate the labour and services of their past heroes.