Pensioners to Tinubu: We’re yet to get subsidy palliative arrears of ₦75,000
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru The Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) has lamented that, three years after the Federal Government approved a three-month ₦25,000 monthly palliative for vulnerable Nigerians following the removal of the fuel subsidy, pensioners—its members—are still waiting for payment.
In an appeal letter to the President seeking the immediate release of the ₦75,000 outstanding subsidy removal palliative, the union said none of its members had received the approved payment since the measure was announced in October 2023.
The union also pointed out that the palliative had already been paid to civil servants “almost three years ago,” further fuelling its demand for immediate action on the pensioners’ outstanding payment.
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