The State Chairman of the
NUP, Dr John Olunlade and other pensioners told newsmen that the inability of
the state government to pay their entitlements had resulted to avoidable deaths
of many of their members in the state.
The Osun State Chapter of
the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) has appealed to the state government to
pay the senior civil servants the backlog of entitlements.
They demanded the payment
of their eight months pension as well as gratuities to the retirees who left
service between the year 2009 to 2012 .
The senior citizens, who
stated they have desired to pray rather than protest for their outstanding
pensions and other benefits, made their request known during a special prayer
session held at the state sports stadium in Osogbo, the State capital.
The retirees, who came in
from all the 30 local governments in the state, including the Area Office,
Modakeke said that the outstanding gratuities owed by the government is over 12
billion naira.
According to the senior
citizens, the Osun State government has been paying the retirees half pensions
since July 2015, accumulating to about eight months presently owed.
They urged the government
to look into their plight particularly in the payment of the gratuities owed.
However, the Director of
Bureau of Communications and Strategy, Office of the Governor, Semiu Okanlawon,
when contacted on phone, said that he was not available to speak on the issue
of the pensioners.
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