The hardship faced by local government pensioners in Edo State over non-payment of their accumulated pension arrears may soon be over as the state government is set to address and resolve the issue.
Local government pensioners in the state had, yesterday, protested non-payment of their entitlements as they visited the Edo State Government House where the Deputy Governor, Phillip Shaibu, addressed them.
Addressing the pensioners on behalf of Governor Godwin Obaseki, the Deputy Governor noted that the government felt it was lawful for them to express their grievances, as the Pensioners Association was to serve as a mediator between the state government and the pensioners.
He, however, rued the fact that the Edo State Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners was not present at the protest because the state did not owe any money to the pensioners.
Nevertheless, he said the state had been responsible for paying the pensions of its workers and had already done so with the bailout funds from the federal government, while also putting modalities in place for a sustainable method of paying the pensioners their entitlements and gratuities.
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