State and Local Government Pensioners in Edo State are protesting
over unpaid salaries spanning over many months. The protesters who gathered at
the Edo state government house obstructing human and vehicular traffic into the
government house are agitating for:
1. The non-disbursement of the N11.38bn bailout fun from the
Presidency, Abuja for the payment of all the outstanding salaries and pension
entitlements (i.e arrears and gratuities) to both local and state pensioners
2. Immediate re-opening of the Pensions Board or Bureau to enable
those yet to process their pension papers to do so without any further delay
3. Immediate commencement of the harmonization of all those due for
such as exercise in the state to enable them to be at par with their
contemporaries who retired after them (ie 6%, 15% and 33% respectively).
4. Immediate payment for all the Local Government Area Pensioners
whose monthly stipends have been for about 11 months now and to enroll those of
them that are yet to be captured for their monthly pensions.
Addressing the protesters, Edo Deputy Governor, Mr. Phillip Shaibu
said a bill on making local government systematically viable has been signed
into law by the Governor. He added that the State could not continue with
bailout.
Mr. Shaibu expressed the readiness of the state government to pay
all workers owed. He also said the governor is determined to ensure that local governments
are viable while a technical committee will establish the right party entitled
to pension and gratuity.
REPORT BY KINGSLEY UCHEGBU
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