The Coalition of Federal Pensioners of Nigeria announced a planned mass demonstration to press for the settlement of outstanding pension increment arrears and approved palliative allowances.
According to the coalition’s National Chairman, Mukaila Ogunbote, the protest has become inevitable due to the persistent delay in meeting the pensioners’ statutory financial obligations.
meanwhile, pensioners of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, have declared their readiness to join a nationwide naked protest slated for December 8 to demand the payment of long-overdue entitlements.
The National Financial Secretary of the FRCN pensioners, Bola Popoola, made this known in a statement issued on Saturday in Lagos.
Popoola expressed disappointment that individuals who dedicated their productive years to serving the nation were now being subjected to untold hardship and indignity.
“Pensioners are already in a vulnerable state. Forcing them into a situation where they have to beg to survive is unacceptable and must be urgently addressed
He said FRCN retirees under the Defined Benefit Scheme had been compelled to join the protest, describing it as a last resort to ensure their voices are heard.
He explained that the unresolved arrears arising from the N32,000 minimum pension had plunged many elderly retirees into severe hardship.
To further worsen their economic struggles, Popoola said the government had failed to implement the N25,000 palliative approved by President Bola Tinubu in 2023.
“Our decision to participate in the naked protest is driven by the government’s outright refusal to pay the N25,000 palliative for six months, even though it was approved since 2023.
“Nigerian pensioners in the diaspora were planning coordinated demonstrations in their host countries to draw international attention to the crisis,” he said.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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