Pensioners in Ogun State on Thursday protested the non-payment of their outstanding gratuities and arrears since 2019
The pensioners who came together under the aegis of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), Ogun State chapter, put the outstanding gratuities owed by the state government at N64.4 billion.
The Chairman of the union, Waidi Oloyede, who addressed journalists on behalf of the pensioners, urged Governor Dapo Abiodun to respect their old age, saying “No one deprives the elderly of their ‘walking sticks’ without its attendant consequences.”
He also appealed to the governor to increase the quarterly payment of gratuities from N500 million to at least N2 billion in the state.
Oloyede said: “It is unimaginable to state that a total sum of N3.6 billion has so far been paid as gratuities by the Ogun State government over three and half years ago
