…many children returned to school? How many farmers gained access to markets? How many retirees received their benefits? How many businesses survived? How many lives became safer? How many public institutions became more competent? These are the questions that give governance meaning.” Ahead of the forthcoming general e…

…to clear pension and gratuity arrears estimated at over N70 billionThe party said some retirees were receiving as little as N4,000 monthly, far below the N32,000 pension thresholdAPC also flagged reports of workers in some state agencies earning between N23,000 and N40,000, below the national minimum wagePAY ATTENTION:…

…State following the approval of a new minimum pension of N32,000 for local government retirees by the state government, with payments expected to begin once adminisatrative processes are completed. The government has also approved the enrolment of all local government pensioners into the state’s free health insurance s…

…46 of the UAE’s residence legislation and covers several groups, including students, retirees, remote workers and property owners. The permit is issued by the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA), subject to approval by the relevant authorities. Nine Categories Eligible for UAE Residence According to th…

…government culture. Public servants steal public funds; they steal pension funds from retirees and strip older folk naked. They steal from workers by denying them their salaries. They steal the futures of generations yet unborn, and there is no comeuppance. Big thieves always get away with stealing. A country that shou…

…three months with a pilot program to provide free health insurance to 30,000 low-income retirees, aged 60 and above earning N150,000 or less monthly, before expanding nationally. The second initiative is a Minimum Pension Guarantee which is a structural floor to ensure no Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) retiree falls…

…released N7.61 billion to nine Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) for payment to 4,237 retirees, as the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, reaffirmed the Service’s commitment to improving the welfare of its retired personnel. According to a statement released at the weekend, Adeniyi disclosed this during…

…said: "One of the key objectives we want to achieve is improving retirement outcomes for retirees. We continue to examine initiatives, both locally and globally, that can help us put more money in the hands of ordinary Nigerians while also improving pension literacy and awareness." Announcing the maiden National Pensio…

…of gratuity was commendable, the government must address the plight of thousands of retirees who were denied the benefit despite that there was no law abolishing it. Ajaero spoke on the sidelines of the just concluded 114th Session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, where he also raised conc…

…some staff members. The UNSRC-Nigeria Association comprises UN employees, diplomats and retirees of Nigerian descent in New York. (NAN)

The Military Pension Board, MPB, has warned military retirees and their families to be alert to fraudulent schemes aimed at stealing their personal and banking information under the pretext of processing pension benefits. The board raised concerns over what it described as an identity theft operation targeting pensione…

…MPB, has raised the alarm over what it described as an identity theft scheme targeting retirees and their next of kin, warning them against disclosing sensitive details such as Bank Verification Numbers, BVNs, National Identification Numbers, NINs, bank account information and ATM card details to unauthorised persons.…