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I read with deep concern that our pensioners, men and women who gave the most productive years of their lives in service to our country, have been pushed to contemplate a nationwide protest over unpaid arrears.

Just last month, Mr. President announced that Nigeria had reached its revenue target. If that is true, then the moral question is simple: why are our senior citizens, who worked, served, and sacrificed, still owed their rightful pensions and gratuities? Revenue growth should first reflect in the lives of the people, especially those in difficult times.

The excess revenue we celebrate today must not remain on paper. It must be directed to settle our obligations to pensioners, to restore their dignity, and to assure the working population that Nigeria values their labour and service. Anything less is unjust and unacceptable.
Good Leadership and compassion are inseparable.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

ambale:
Tinubu was obviously not prepared for his job

How can you declare that revenue target has been met when the nation hasn't even felt the goodness of the target

Now he will need to explain to us why things still slow like this

LagosOrigin:
I love the way Peter Obi is pressing tinubu neck . God bless Peter Obi forever.

Basic123:
Our Cry cry social media presidential candidate....😆


That what you are destined to do,wail under Tinubu presidency


You see that presidency you desperately want to the extent that you are begging for one term only You,YOU WILL NEVER SMELL IT

etokhana:
https://x.com/PeterObi/status/1968299941421298040?s=19[/quote]Tinubu has no feelings for poor people and workers apart from impoverishing them further so they can be exploited and bought for elections.

anonimi:
Nigeria: Pensioners Urge Tinubu to Pay Arrears

26 March 2003
This Day (Lagos)


Lagos — Pension teachers in Lagos State under the aegis of Teacher Pensioners of Nigeria (TEPAN) have urged Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to review his stance on paying the harmonised three year old outstanding pension allowance or risk losing their votes.

In a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of TEPAN, Mr. Ayodabo 'Lade, accused Tinubu of failing to pay the arrears to teachers on their correct pension grade since the year 2000, contrary to what was obtainable in other five States of the South-west controlled by the Alliance for Democracy (AD).

https://allafrica.com/stories/200303260385.html

The eyesore on Bourdillon Road
2nd January 2025

Beyond his neighbours, there is something about the sight of people hanging around a president’s residence that does not speak well of his leadership capabilities. Maybe no one has nudged him to see it, but the impression that spectacle on Bourdillon Road generates is that Tinubu enjoys the sight of suffering humans and thrives in—and through— their poverty.

If all these years, impoverished people hang around you and you remain comfortable enough to keep them just so they can be handed tokens of your large heart, then it means you have a pro-poverty mindset. Such a frame of mind is oriented toward cultivating poverty rather than stimulating abundance.

That is why he could unproblematically relate the story of his “friend” who went from using five Rolls Royce to a far-less valued car and not consider the import of the nonsense he was saying. That spurious account was an indication that this is a man for whom poverty—of others, not himself—is an ideal.

https://punchng.com/the-eyesore-on-bourdillon-road/

etokhana:
https://x.com/PeterObi/status/1968299941421298040?s=19[/quote]Oga, stop talking like a kid! Obi should mention the pensioners because there are different types of pensioners. We have state, federal, local government, and private enterprises.

Basic123:
Our Cry cry social media presidential candidate....😆


That is what you are destined to do,wail under Tinubu presidency


You see that presidency you desperately want to the extent that you are begging for one term only You,YOU WILL NEVER SMELL IT

Basic123:
Our Cry cry social media presidential candidate....😆


That is what you are destined to do,wail under Tinubu presidency


You see that presidency you desperately want to the extent that you are begging for one term only You,YOU WILL NEVER SMELL IT

lionshare:
I don’t get why they like to owe pensioners FG and wowing states should do the needful! Makes zilch sense

ubimagos:
Just as you were paying as Anambra state governor!

anonimi:
Anambra doctors call off strike after 13 months
February 28, 2012

After over a year of down tools, Anambra State Government employed medical doctors have finally called of strike.
According to Dr. Emma Ekwesianya, Chairman Anambra State chapter of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), the striking doctors decided to pick up tools again because of the plight of the ordinary people in the societ.
“It is true, we have called off the strike. We have just signed the agreement with government about an hour ago. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG) signed for the government. A technical committee, headed by Prof. O.O. Mbonu was set up to execute the agreement.” He confirmed.

“We decided to take the 60 per cent offered by government because of our people. Government has been rigid and we do not want to continue with the rigidity of government. We are serving the people, not government and our people are suffering.”
Speaking further, Ekwesianya, revealed that a technical committee, headed by Prof. O.O. Mbonu had also been set up by the association to see to the implementation of the agreement with government sequel to the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Peter Obi-led government on Monday.

Chief Medical Director, Anambra State University Teaching Hospital (ASUTH), Amaku, Awka, Dr. Lawrence Ikeakor also confirmed the new development: “Well I’m happy to tell you that the strike has been amicably resolved, even though, like you said, it’s been a prolonged one but suffice it to say that it has been resolved and the doctors have resumed work.”
“The call off was yesterday (Sunday). The doctors had some negotiations and held their congress yesterday, during which they agreed to call off the strike. So they resumed duty today.
They are in their clinic. Well, I was not privy to the agreement but I will say that our representatives were satisfied with the arrangement, hence they decided to call off the strike.” He disclosed.

https://dailypost.ng/2012/02/28/anambra-doctors-call-off-strike-after-13-months/

chidiokay:
Buhari did not owe pensioners, and i think jonathan did well by pensioners, Tinubu is the problem immediately he was sworn in the first fund he withdrew was pencom Fund

hopexter:
Obi is not pressing Tinubu’s neck, on the contrary, is Reno Omokri that is pressing Obi throat since both of them are jobless politicians using the media to stay relevant.

whippersnapper:
between Tinubu and Ruben amorim I don't know whose more clueless. Allah.