Pensioners threaten to occupy Benue Government House over unpaid pension, gratuity

From Scholastica Hir, Makurdi
Pensioners operating under the auspices of the Concerned Pensioners Association of Benue State have threatened to permanently occupy the Government House in Makurdi until the state government addresses their longstanding demands regarding the payment of arrears of pension and gratuity.
The pensioners, who defied a heavy downpour on Wednesday, marched through the streets to protest what they described as the non-payment of outstanding gratuities stretching back to the year 2000.
The Concerned Pensioners Association, Benue State, is a splinter group of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), registered in 2022.




Marching along Naka Road, the pensi...