The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has urged federal pensioners to disregard calls for a nationwide protest, assuring them that the Federal Government has already implemented the approved pension increases and is steadily paying outstanding…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has warned that it may mobilise nationwide street marches in solidarity with thousands of indigenous contractors and pensioners who are owed billions of naira by the Federal Government. In a…
The Coalition of Federal Pensioners of Nigeria has announced plans to hold a nationwide naked protest on 8 December across Abuja, Lagos, and all states to demand the payment of outstanding pension increment arrears and…
The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) has distanced itself from a planned naked protest scheduled for Monday, 24 November, by the Coalition of Pensioners. In a statement issued on Friday, the National President of the…
Pensioners of the defunct NITEL–MTEL on Tuesday staged a protest at the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja, demanding the payment of long-overdue entitlements they say have been ignored for years. The retirees sat on…
The Federal Government has released N3.9 billion in arrears to 91,146 pensioners nationwide. The payment, completed on Friday in Abuja by the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), follows the recent approval of a N32,000 pension…
The Coalition of Federal Pensioners of Nigeria has given the Federal Government until 23 November to settle outstanding pension arrears and palliative allowances or face a nationwide naked protest the following day. The coalition’s National…
The Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Contributory Pension Scheme Sector (NUPCPS), has criticised the exclusion of its members and other retired workers from accessing the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The National Secretary of NUPCPS, Mr.…
The Concerned PHCN Pensioners Pressure Group has urged the Federal Government to pay entitlements owed to its members for over 25 years. At a news conference in Lagos on Thursday, the group’s Chairman, Mr. Oladimeji…
The Coalition of Federal Pensioners of Nigeria has threatened to stage a nationwide naked protest on 6 October if the Federal Government fails to implement approved pension increments and palliatives. National Chairman of the coalition,…
