Pay our pension arrears, ex-servicemen urge FG

Mr Anthony Agbas, the president of the Ex-service Males and Household Welfare Affiliation of Nigeria, has urged the federal government to pay all their pension arrears and different entitlements.

Agbas made the decision throughout a peaceable rally by the ex-service males on the Federal Ministry of Finance, in Abuja on Wednesday.

He stated that navy pensioners within the nation had endured monetary hardship and ache over time.

“We have been instructed the cash has been permitted for a very long time however we now have not acquired something.

” Our request are Fee of our palliatives and it arrears from October 2023 to November 2024, fee of 20 to twenty-eight per cent wage increment and its arrears from January to November.

“We additionally request fee of N32,000 flat fee and the arrears from July to November, fee of the brand new Nationwide Minimal Wage increment and the arrears agency July to November, amongst others,” he stated.

Agbas stated that the affiliation was an umbrella physique made up of a number of associations of retired member of the Nigerian Armed Forces and their households.

He stated that the principle focus of the organisation was to cater for the welfare of those retired males and the members of their households.

The affiliation’s Vice President, Mr Joseph Chinga, stated that the navy veteran have been patriotic residents of the nation.

” We love the nation a lot, it was our effort that prevented this nation from breaking apart in the course of the civill battle.

” It’s also our resilience and doggedness that made terrorist to not take over the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and another state capitals within the nation.

” A few of our colleagues misplaced their lives in making an attempt to attain this. We’re not towards the federal government however solely combating for what belongs to us as was introduced by President Bola Tinubu,” Chinga stated.

An official the Ministry of Finance, who addressed the posters, stated that their request had been permitted and was been processed.