A’Ibom Pensioners Appeal For Govt Palliative

The Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Akwa Ibom State chapter, has appealed to Governor Umo Eno to consider members in the list of beneficiaries of government palliative packages.

They also seek for the living minimum pension arrangement.
The state NUP chairman, Ekpenyong Ekpo, made the demand during a press conference held at the union’s secretariat at Uko Eshiet Street, Uyo, the state capital.

He group bemoaned how the government had excluded their members from previous palliative distribution, adding that such was not good for a union whose members were either old or sick.

"The palliative items to help the downtrodden did not reach the pensioners. We believe that if the pensioners, the majority of them very old and sick people, are listed in the palliative arrangements, it will go a long way to keep them.

“The government should also honour the approval of the Federal Government by implementing the minimum living pension,” Ekpo said.

Earlier, the Secretary of the union, Cosmas Essien, who read the press statement text, appreciated the governor for paying the accumulated gratuities to the civil service pensioners up to 2018, Local Government pensioners up to 2014 and retired primary school teachers up to 2012.