The Federal Government has expressed regret over the reported deaths of some workers of the defunct Nigerian Airways occasioned by the delay in the payment of their entitlements.

The defunct national carrier was liquidated by former President Olusegun Obasanjo regime in 2005, and since then the workers had held series of protests over their unpaid entitlements.

The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, however, told State House correspondents after the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo that N45 billion had been to settle the ex-workers’ entitlements.

“Governments, in the past, decided just to liquidate Nigerian airways without tending to the issue of the entitlements of the workers and they have been struggling to get that paid and we came in government and we took it very seriously.

“I’m happy to announce that Mr President has approved N45 billion which has been confirmed to be the entitlements of these workers and Ministry of Finance has been instructed to pay and the ministry has written to me last week, to say that they have received the instruction to pay these workers, and therefore, they are setting up the modalities to pay.

“You should know it won’t pay through my ministry before somebody will say I take some of it. It will be paid by finance through a process, and that process will commence very soon,’’ he said.

The Minister disclosed that the Council also approved the procurement of operational vehicles for Nigeria Port Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).

SOURCE: https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2017/09/21/n45bn-entitlements-defunct-nigeria-airways-workers-approved/

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This is good news. Even if the cash has lost its value

efighter:
The Federal Government has expressed regret over the reported deaths of some workers of the defunct Nigerian Airways occasioned by the delay in the payment of their entitlements.

The defunct national carrier was liquidated by former President Olusegun Obasanjo regime in 2005, and since then the workers had held series of protests over their unpaid entitlements.

The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, however, told State House correspondents after the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo that N45 billion had been to settle the ex-workers’ entitlements.

“Governments, in the past, decided just to liquidate Nigerian airways without tending to the issue of the entitlements of the workers and they have been struggling to get that paid and we came in government and we took it very seriously.

“I’m happy to announce that Mr President has approved N45 billion which has been confirmed to be the entitlements of these workers and Ministry of Finance has been instructed to pay and the ministry has written to me last week, to say that they have received the instruction to pay these workers, and therefore, they are setting up the modalities to pay.

“You should know it won’t pay through my ministry before somebody will say I take some of it. It will be paid by finance through a process, and that process will commence very soon,’’ he said.

The Minister disclosed that the Council also approved the procurement of operational vehicles for Nigeria Port Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).

SOURCE: https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2017/09/21/n45bn-entitlements-defunct-nigeria-airways-workers-approved/

May Almighty God bless PMB for restoring hope to the hopeless..
From bailout fund to states for workers, fund for pensioners...., to fund for defunct-nigeria-airways-workers.

Baba, the people's general cleaning the mess created by Obasanjo/Yar'Adua/Goatluck since time immemorial.

This is clearly open daylight fraud in action as 70 percent of those entitled have passed on and will only create room for their entitlement to be stolen by politicians

RomeSankara:
This is clearly open daylight fraud in action as 70 percent of those entitled have passed on and will only create room for their entitlement to be stolen by politicians

Kindly write an official letter to Buhari advising him to stop the payment to all the retirees and that the money should be used to build additional mansions for Diezaini Alison-Maduekwe and Mama Piss Sheppopo.

efighter:


Kindly write an official letter to Buhari advising him to stop the payment to all the retirees and that the money should be used to build additional mansions for Diezaini Alison-Maduekwe and Mama Piss Sheppopo.

It will be used by his own officials to build mansions so don't worry

efighter:


Kindly write an official letter to Buhari advising him to stop the payment to all the retirees and that the money should be used to build additional mansions for Diezaini Alison-Maduekwe and Mama Piss Sheppopo.

Well said

There you have it.
An some twerps will still ask be "where is the change?". The dumb, deaf and blind wailers.

May God Bless President Muhammadu Buhari.

This news has broken since three days back!

PMB is the best thing to happen to Nigeria since Independence.

Make we see how frustrated wailers go comot Buhari from presidency in 2019.

PMB till Nigerians get sense!

OBJ made so many mistakes and those mistakes are beginning to haunt us now.


Sai Buhari

Many of them may have died.

otokx:
Many of them may have died.

Entitlements will be paid to their Kin