Union Will Ensure Pensions Owed Retirees Get Paid Soonest – NUP President

The National President, Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Chief Godwin Abumisi says the union will ensure that pensions owed retirees under the contributory pension scheme are paid soonest.

Chief Abumisi said this while inaugurating the Oyo and Ogun states chapter of Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Contributory Pension Sectors held in Ibadan.

He said the union would meet with the National Pension Commission and other relevant stakeholders on ways the pension arrears would be paid without delay.

Chief Abumisi appealed to the new executives of the Contributory Pension Sector to always put the interest of their members at heart and also not misappropriate the finances of the union

Earlier, the national chairman of Nigeria Union of Pensioners Contributory Pension Sector, Mr Sylva Nwaiwu had stated that members of the union were being owed millions of naira by the National Pension Commission. 

The Oyo state chairman of Nigeria Union of Pensioners Contributory Pensions Sector is Chief Joseph Oyadiran while his Ogun state counterpart is Mr Joseph Adewoyin.

Olaolu Fawole