One afternoon in the late 1990s, Pat Isaac climbed to the roof top of a water tank on the premises of the defunct Nigerian Airways to check the tanks. As a staff of the department in charge of water supply, the check was a routine activity, he told PREMIUM TIMES.
But that afternoon, what was a routine check took a tragic turn and he missed his steps. Within seconds, he narrated, he came down crashing from the edge of the iron bars above which the tank was placed. He lost consciousness, with his face damaged and head turned backwards.
“That was the last thing I could remember,” he said, slowly, his head bent sideways. “I spent many, many months at the hospital and people felt I may not survive it. But I thank God I survived. It was an Indian doctor that treated me.”
Few years after the incident, Mr Isaac said, he retired from the services of the Nigerian Airways. But for more than a decade after his retirement, until the first week of October, the old retiree said he lamented and waited in vain without receiving his entitlement from an organisation he served diligently.
“It was harrowing,” he said of the experience. “We waited for many, many years. We were abandoned by the government. Many of our people have died; many have become weak and incapacitated. It is really sad we were treated that way. We thank God this government remembers us now.”
Mr Isaac’s situation is not an isolated case; it is one of many sad tales retirees of the defunct Nigerian Airways told PREMIUM TIMES on Monday. The retirees, who all filed out for verification ahead of payment of their outstanding entitlement, said they had lived through pains over the years as the government neglected them.
Alimi Kuye, a retiree, told PREMIUM TIMES he personally knew of about five of his colleagues who died due to their inability to pay for medical treatment in the periods they received no benefit from the government.
“Many people have died, as you can clearly see from what people are saying,” he said. “Many died from avoidable ailments; many have become paralysed because they couldn’t afford hospital bills and money for drugs. It is sad.”
Another retiree, who identified himself simply as Adigun, spoke of the government’s neglect of retirees in harsh words, lambasting past governments for their ‘nonchalant attitude’ to the plight of poor pensioners. He also commended the Nigerian government for addressing their plight.
“Our past leaders failed us. They abandoned us when we are helpless and have no strength again to work. It is sad. We thank the Buhari government for coming to our rescue.”
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/291976-how-obasanjo-jonathan-left-us-to-suffer-ex-nigerian-airways-workers.html
Lalasticlala oam4j mynd44

they shared your money among the LOOTERS....... same people want to come back in 2019...God forbid

May God continue to bless and keep PMB...till 2023

CARRY GO BABA

It is a good thing the Ex-Airways staff were paid but that is not enough to re-elect Buhari/APC by a long shot...For every good deed buhari has done(if any) he has done a thousand avoidable wrong ones.

...On a scale of 1-100,% buhari has scored 10% so far which is an abysmal performance..

Therefore he and his gang should be bundled out of Aso-rock ASAP by any means necessary..

BMC zombies sorry.

Obasanjo sent many civil servants to their early grave.

Ziggylady:


It is a good thing the Ex-Airways staff were payed but that is not enough to re-elect Buhari/APC by a long shot...For every good deed buhari has done(if any) he has done a thousand avoidable wrong ones.

...On a scale of 1-100,% buhari has scored 10% so far which is an abysmal performance..

Therefore he and his gang should be bundled out of Aso-rock ASAP by any means necessary..

BMC zombies sorry.

It is ''Paid'' not ''payed''
I just graded you 5%
olodo oshi

And Buhari made you enjoy with his first 3 years in office. No Greek gift will stop Buhari from returning to Daura next year. Happy that BMCs are working overtime, clearly means they too have seen the handwriting.

fkpboy:


It is ''Paid'' not ''payed''
I just graded you 5%
olodo oshi

Frustration and bitterness at its peak,..your intenstines have twisted to the point of emergency

Thanks for the up-grade anyway..at least 5% is better than your own grade which is -0%