{"id":3963,"date":"2013-05-20T21:26:26","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T21:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/nigerian-pensioners\/"},"modified":"2013-05-20T21:26:26","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T21:26:26","slug":"nigerian-pensioners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-pensioners\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Pensioners"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Nigerian Government has set up a twenty five Member Committee to address complaints of retired Staff of the Federal Civil Service in accessing their pension.<\/p>\n

Head of the Federal Civil Service, Bukar Aji said having served the Nation, redressing the plight of pensioners is a priority.<\/p>\n

The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, Office of the Federal Auditor General, that of the Federal Accountant General are also on the Committee.<\/p>\n

Sunday Omezi is a Trustee of the National Union of Pensioners, which is represented on the twenty-five Member Committee.<\/p>\n

Nigerian Pensioners suffer omission of Names from the payroll, non-payment of gratuity and death benefits, among other challenges.<\/p>\n

A Director was earlier in the year convicted of stealing approximately twenty seven billion naira of pensioners funds. That case is currently before the law courts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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