Retirees storm PTAD office, demand implementation of N32,000 increment
Federal Pensioners on Monday stormed the office of the Pension Transitional Arrangements Directorate (PTAD) in Lagos to demand the implementation of the N32,000 pension increment.
The pensioners, who expressed their grievances, displayed placards with the inscriptions: “PTAD is all about you, stop selection,” “No N32,000 increment,” among others.
The Chairman, Coalition of the Federal Pensioners, Lagos chapter, Comrade Mukaila Ogunbote said the non-implementation of the 32,000 increment approved by President Bola Tinubu had pushed many of them on the brink of survival in the country.
The President had approved the increament last year and ordered the implementation of the “long-overdue pension increases and a minimum pension guarantee,” last Wednesday to provide a safety net for the most vulnerable pensioners under the CPS.
The President gave the directive after receiving a briefing from Ms. Omolola Oloworaran, the Director General of the National Pension Commission (PenCom).
However, Ogunbote urged the federal government to come to their aid, describing what they received monthly as meagre.
He accused the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, of having a hand in their predicament, calling he should give them their money.
The Liaison Officer of PTAD, Cashmir Audu, calmed the nerves of the protesters, saying the President had ordered the payment of N32,000 increment.
“It is the civil right of pensioners to protest anytime.We have repeatedly said that the N32,000 was approved last year but unfortunately we don’t have funds,” he said.
(Daily Trust)
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