Gombe State 9 Years Unpaid LG Pensioners

Gombe State Council of Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) have called on the state government to expedite action towards the payment of nine (9) years arrears of gratuities owed to local government workers in the State.

Muhammad Abubakar, Chairman, Gombe State Council of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners, addressing newsmen at a press conference in Gombe on Monday 20 July 2020, called on the state governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya to pay their outstanding pensions.

The Local government pensioners expressed frustration over the inaction by the state government in regard to their pension payments, complaining that a number of pensioners have died while awaiting benefit payments.

The Chairman while complaining about the non-enrolment of pensioners from local government into the monthly pension payroll also disclosed that some retirees on the state’s monthly pension payroll have waited for more than a year without monthly pension.

He said, ‘the last time pensioners of the local government were paid gratuities was in June 2012. By our records, pensioners in that arm of government are owed from June 2012 to 2020. They have not been paid even one kobo gratuity for the past 9 years. It is a pity and very sympathetic, somebody should bail the situation.’

‘A person spent 35 years receiving salaries monthly; after retiring his pensions are not forthcoming. He or she could be on the road to the grave through no fault of his or hers. There are hundreds of such at our local government. Somebody has refused to do his or her work while our people are suffering the blame game continuous.’