Activities at Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos office, were yesterday paralysed by aggrieved pensioners protesting unpaid gratuities and pension arrears.

This came barely four months after the state government appealed to the federal government to settle N13.4 billion pension benefits of her retirees in the state.

The protesters largely retired teachers and local government ex-staff stormed Alausa Secretariat at about 9:00 am displaying placards with inscriptions: “Non-review of the pension law for over 10 years,” “We are tired of unfulfilled promises,” “Except Lagos, other South-West states have complied with FG directives on the increment of pension,” among others.

They lamented that the state did not yield to the directive of the federal government to pay pension increment in 2003 and 2007 to the retirees in the state.

The pensioners argued that whenever they demanded for their benefits the government would plead for more time to pay.

They alleged that rather than pay them, the state government was busy investing her fund in the contributory pension scheme.

The protesters demanded that the state government should make public the reimbursement it was expecting from the central government.

The South-West chairman of pensioners, Mr. Nojeemdeen Adebayo who spoke on behalf of others, said: “In 2003, the Federal government directed that states should increase pensioner’s monthly salary by six per cent but the state government failed to pay the increment. And 2007, the central government again directed that pensioners should be paid 16 percent increment.

“But to our surprise, the Lagos state government turned deaf ear to this. For over four years now, what we have always heard from the state government is that we should be patient.

“But we discovered that the patience isn’t yielding the right solution. This was why we decided to protest to the office of the governor, to demand for our rights.”

However, addressing the protesters, Commissioner for Information and strategy, Aderemi Ibirogba and his counterpart in the ministry of pension and establishment, Mrs. Florence Oguntuase, assured that government was working hard to address the pensioners’ grievance.

According to Oguntuase: “We are working hard to ensure that the funds are paid but it is yet to yield the required result.

“What we are doing is to pay all the current liabilities. When a public servant retires, it takes sometime before the pension begins to roll in. we are paying pension.”

Source - www.vanguardngr.com/2013/09/pensioners-paralyse-activities-at-lagos-govs-office/

Fashola don chop their money go give tinibu!

Let them continue to be patient until Fashola and tinibu chop all their money!

Eko Ni Baje O!

^^^Haaa! Eko ti baje!! Tinubu has taken their money to Manchester...

^^^
LOL! It is true oh!! He went to spend it with Buhari!

I thought they said "Hardwork Pays"??

Then why don't you (Fashola) wanna pay them their pension?

homesteady: ^^^
LOL! It is true oh!! He went to spend it with Buhari!

What is buhari's own in this.U all dat think buhari is comfortable wt being in d same party wt tinubu underestimate d man.He has seen dat in today's political atmosphere,u must temporary dine wt d devil in order to achieve ur objective,get it& deal wt d devil.
So pls keep buhari out of any looting tinubu& his likes av done

Coughs* good morning here o

Fresh air 4 ndi Eko Ni Baje oo..leekwa ha Ndi ara unu choo iri ego umu mmadu

We live in interesting time. Suffocating the dying masses at the expense of bourgeoising class in island. A government creating destitudes by its own satanic action and continually feed the media with junk. Progessives indeed.

Just when I thought that we have seen the last of suffering of our senior citizens. Why are our leaders so callous like this. Do they also wish to be treated like this when they grow old? Wetin I dey talk sef, dem don thief enough money to survive till eternity. They don't need pension.

Seems they are fighting for the increment....but lagos should fix this matter urgently

However, addressing the protesters, Commissioner for Information and strategy, Aderemi Ibirogba and his counterpart in the ministry of pension and establishment, Mrs. Florence Oguntuase, assured that government was working hard to address the pensioners’ grievance.

According to Oguntuase: “We are working hard to ensure that the funds are paid but it is yet to yield the required result.

Above is the most stu..pid response from a public office holder I have ever read. If you have the funds, pay it and it you don't have it - explain you don't have. Rather than we are working hard. Where is the hard work in crediting people's account or obtaining approval to credit their account.

Why do pple talk with mediocrity, what concern tinubu wit al diz.., dis is d first time of hearin lack of payment in Fashola regime...

gbawe
Take Dat
payless
Agbameta

do your Azzlicking work when needed

Pics or it didn't happen

Imanuelle: Pics or it didn't happen

blindness at its peak

abi Tinubu Don blind you

doctokwus:
What is buhari's own in this.U all dat think buhari is comfortable wt being in d same party wt tinubu underestimate d man.He has seen dat in today's political atmosphere,u must temporary dine wt d devil in order to achieve ur objective,get it& deal wt d devil.
So pls keep buhari out of any looting tinubu& his likes av done

Then what sort of Leader does that say about d man Buhari? What does it say about his Integrity? Shebi, d line is that he is a 'Man of Integrity'??

Boss13:

Above is the most stu..pid response from a public office holder I have ever read. If you have the funds, pay it and it you don't have it - explain you don't have. Rather than we are working hard. Where is the hard work in crediting people's account or obtaining approval to credit their account.

Dem don fix the money; e nefa mature.

Nigeria is broke. Goodluck don spend all our money finish for U.S. 600 delegates for one trip

Dunno wot 2 say again concerning dis our beloved country "NIGERIA" c no reasons why d state gov't nid 2 holdup wt their money and used it 4 irrelevant party. Fashola! Fashola!! Fashola!!! You alone can't n can never rebrand LAGOS. Well, lemme commend your effort 2wards making lagos state a focused point on investment but in anoda way round think of d less privilege pple who strangle hard 2 make 3times meal per day. Pls pay this pple their pensions bcus most of them sleep n wake up in hunger.
Mind you bro Fash, their is just a missing alphabetical letter word 4rm ANGER which is "D" this pple have show you their "ANGER" by protesting in 4rnt of your office. Failure not 2 respond 2 their needs we easy 4 dem 2 add d remaining letter"D" n stone you when coming out 4rm office. EKO ONI BAJE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fashola is working...Pensioners are crying

Eko o ni baje ooo

These pensioners and their trouble again.

Don't they know we have 1billion naira per km road to build? We need money seriously. And another tinubu birthday is drawing close, that's another 1 billion naira expense. Please they should bear it longer, afterall they are old and will die soon.

They should just not disturb Fashola. Anyway, they are poor people, at worst we will deport them from Lagos to their villages or keep them in home for destitute.

is this my fashola ?or he gave pension board the money and they put in it in fixed deposit for interest .nigeria factor anyhow FASHOLA is the best every man have his/her lapses.

Fashola don use una moni go do "fixed deposit" for Mount Jacobs(Tinubu's Acc). Mek una wait mek the moni mazure first...

Don't understand what is wrong with this our leaders. Always exercising their powers on the less privilege.

taharqa: Then what sort of Leader does that say about d man Buhari? What does it say about his Integrity? Shebi, d line is that he is a 'Man of Integrity'??

Has he ever come out to acclaim Tinubu as not being corrupt,that charges against him are framed up?If d govt that has d ability to investigate him,evn going to d extent of taking him to court,but having d case brought by d prosecution being ridiculed by d presiding judge;cannot succesfully prosecute him,is it somebody like buhari wt no power to do so for now dat will?Even in far advanced democracies,we av seen instances wen a party wt no clear majority has had to form coalition wt parties wt questionable characters& ideals,contrary to that of its coalition partner.Its a doctrine of forced necessity.

rozayx5: gbawe
Take Dat
payless
Agbameta

do your Azzlicking work when needed

Sad lonely one, I'll advise that you see a psychiatrist! This obsession is getting way out of control. Meanwhile, I challenge you to produce a post where I a$slicked Fashola because I am certainly sure such effort will be barren of any good fruitage. NL is getting populated with completely diminished minds and airheads!

rozayx5:


blindness at its peak

abi Tinubu Don blind you

Imanuelle: Pics or it didn't happen

hehehehe the guy off images na.