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November 29, 2017 at 10:47AM
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Oluwatobi Bolashodun
- Nigeria Airways pensioners have pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene and order immediate payment of their entitlements
- The federal government had approved the entitlements of the Nigeria Airways staff back in September
- The national carrier was liquidated in 2005 but the staff entitlements was not paid
Former employees of Nigeria Airways pensioners have once again pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene and order immediate payment of their entitlements before Christmas for them to have a blissful yuletide, Vanguard reports.
NAIJ.com gathered that the frustrated pensioners who had heaved a sigh of following recent approval of N48 billion for the payment of their benefits, by the federal government have begun to lose hope that many of them still alive may not receive their entitlements before they join their ancestors.
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Many of the former workers of the defunct national carrier who spoke to Pension and You on condition of anonymity, lamented that it had been frustrating and painful to them especially after their hope had been raised to receive immediate payment following the approval for such in September.
One of the workers said: “It has been su*cide and su*cide everywhere. No succour . It seems PICA and co are praying for all of us to die of subtle su*cide in order for them not to pay our pensions. Only personal intervention by President Muhammadu Buhari, can stop our sufferings and save those of us still alive from joining our departed colleagues untimely.”
“How can money be approved since September and with just few days to December, yet the money has not been paid to the beneficiaries. We were told the money is in the bank, doing what in the bank.
“We suspect foul play. We are pleading with our president to personally see to this and ensure that some people are not using our money to trade. We are begging President Buhari to direct the immediate payment of this money now that the Christmas season is here for us to have joyous and happy celebrations.
“We have gone through pains, sufferings and hardship all these years. Our case is better imagined than experienced because it is not an easy road to pass through with ever increasing health challenges, family challenges, bills to pay and so.”
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NAIJ.com previously reported that the minister of state for aviation, Hadi Sirika, said that the federal government has approved the payment of N45 billion as severance package to former staff of the defunct Nigeria Airways.
The national carrier was liquidated by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration in 2005, and the workers had been embarking on protests nationwide over their unpaid entitlements.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sirika told State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting that money has been approved for the settlement of the entitlements.
Local government employees stage MASSIVE protest in Lagos on NAIJ.com TV.
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Ex-Nigeria Airways pensioners beg President Buhari to intervene over unpaid entitlements
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