Benue pensioners threaten to occupy govt house over unpaid gratuities, arrears

…lament, we’ve become scavengers, beggars, destitutes
By Peter Duru, Makurdi
Hundreds of aggrieved pensioners under the aegis of the Concerned Pensioners Association of Benue State on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest in Makurdi, threatening to occupy the Benue State Government House if their longstanding grievances over unpaid gratuities, pension arrears and pension harmonisation are not addressed.
The aggrieved pensioners, some who carried their sleeping mats and bore placards with inscriptions like “pay us our pension, our members are dying,” among others, said they had exhausted all avenues of dialogue with the state government without success, forcing them to take their agita...