Just about three weeks after the organized labour and the Rivers State Government reached an agreement, leading to the suspension of a planned labour strike in the state, pensioners again hit the streets as they demand their unpaid emoluments.
The pensioners who resumed their plea to the state government noted that despite reaching an agreement to set up a tripartite committee to address their plights, there had been no progress.
Secretary to the Nigerian Union of Pensioners, Rivers State Branch, Joseph Agbo, who spoke on behalf of the senior citizens, said the fate of the pensioners was yet to be known, concerning the benefits that are yet to be paid.
Agbor said, “When we had a meeting, it was agreed that the issue of pension, including gratuity, non-payment of death benefits; all were included, but until this moment, we don’t know our fate. The committee the government said it will set up; up till now, they have not done it, nothing has been done.
“We have written to the Secretary to the State Government, requesting an audience so that we can explain our problems because if you are not a pensioner, you would not know much about the problems we face.
“But up till now, our letter is just there, they don’t care. The government has no regard for their fathers; that is why they have no regard for pensioners in this state.”
