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weeks capture all the pensioners on National Health Insurance Scheme.Protest rocks FCTA over 33 months’ pension arrearsweeks capture all the pensioners on National Health Insurance Scheme.
Retired staff of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, last week, besieged the entrance of the FCTA secretariat demanding the immediate payment of their 33 months pension arrears.
The pensioners under the aegis of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners protested the non-payment of their accumulated consequential adjusted pension increment.
The aggrieved pensioners said the members had planned for a peaceful assembly at the secretariat last year, but were assuaged by the FCT Minister who had assured them that their arrears will be paid, but unfortunately that is yet to happen.
Addressing journalists during the protest, the state chairman of the union Mohammed Bida, said they occupied the entrance of the FCTA to draw the attention of the minister, Malam Muhammad Bello to his unfulfilled promise.
He said, “We were to commence a peaceful assembly at the Minister’s office November 2021, but we were called for a dialogue. The Minister assured us that we would be paid immediately the National Assembly approve the 2022 FCT budget, up till date we have not been paid the consequential adjusted arrears (33 months) which circular came out in 2019.
“The union has been writing letters of reminder to no avail, our members had asked us, the leaders to issue a 14 – day notice of peaceful gathering starting from December, 2022. We have done that and nothing happened, that is why we started the protest today”
Bida explained that the consequential adjusted pension (33 months) which circular came out in 2019, has since been implemented by the Area Council Pension board with full payment, remaining the FCDA.
However addressing the protesters after a closed door meeting with the leadership of the Union, the Director FCTA Human Resource Management Mohammed Bashir, told the pensioners that their arrears will be paid on or before May 29, 2023.
“The administration is concerned with the plights of its pensioners but there are processes which we are almost done with, on or before May 29, 2023, all the arrears will be cleared”
Bashir stated that the administration had directed the Pension director to within two weeks capture all the pensioners on National Health Insurance Scheme.
He assured them that their pension will be paid as soon as the processes are cleared.
He assured them that their pension will be paid as soon as the processes are cleared.
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