Osun LG Retirees to seek legal action against Govt

Local government pensioners in Osun state have threatened to take legal action against the state government should they refuse to accede to their requests.

In a statement by the spokesman and chairman, LG Retirees Forum, director of strategy and secretary, Lanre Fadahunsi, Olayinka Michael, Femi Olanipekun and Depo Oluwadahunsi, the LG Retirees Forum gave the government 14 days effective from Sunday 21 June 2020, to accede to their demands.

Below are some of their requests,

“The illegal deductions from our pensions should be refunded as it is against the constitution as regards pensions.

“The constitutional provision that pensions be reviewed every five years should be acted upon to the advantage of those pre/2012 retirees as was recently done for contributory pensions beneficiaries.

“Forthwith, our pensions should be made first charge payment because we retired from the local government system which is very solvent.

“The government should set machinery in motion to meet with our representatives to reach an agreement on the mode and pattern of repayment.

“Counting 14 days from the date of our press release, we would be made to explore other possibilities of seeking legal redress and call for freezing of the accounts of the local governments.”