Pensioneers stage protest in Delta

     Delta State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners has staged a peaceful protest in Asaba, requesting the state government to pay N8.1 billion owed its members.

     Ogbuefi Chukwunyem, the State Chairman, told newsmen explained that the N8.1 billion was the pension arrears resulting from the 33 per cent pension increase approved by the Federal              Government since 2010, adding that pensioners in the state have not been paid for three months.
     The union, therefore, urged the state government to consider their plight and utilise the money released to it by the Federal Government to settle the pension areas and pending salaries of workers.