Police fire tear gas at pensioners protesting arrears at Lagos House
Police officers in Lagos State on Monday fired teargas at pensioners who gathered at the Lagos House in Ikeja to protest unpaid pension increases, wage awards and other outstanding benefits.
According to Vanguard newspaper, the retirees, drawn from the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) and the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), had gone to the government premises to press the Lagos State Government to implement the increases and settle the arrears they said had accumulated.
The Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC), responding to complaints from retirees in an earlier report, said the government had paid N168 billion to about 48,000 pensioners.
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