Some retired Nigerian soldiers have called on the federal government to pay their outstanding pension arrears.... CLICK TO READ THE FULL NEWS HERE▶▶
The 63 soldiers who fought in the Civil War said they haven’t been paid their pension despite former President President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of N134.7 billion for military veteran pensions in 2020.
This group of soldiers who enlisted between 1967 and 1978 made this known in a statement by the secretary to the retired soldiers, Alhaji Bello Oseni.
This statement noted that their documentation was verified by the Military Pensioner Board in 2023, but they are yet to receive their dues. It added that the soldiers aged between 76 and 85 are struggling to make a decent living with some still living in their father’s houses that were built in the 1920s and 1930s.
They have appealed to former presidents, Senate, House of Representatives, senior advocates of Nigeria, human rights activists, and influential individuals to intervene and help them retrieve their long-overdue pension payments, reports Daily Post.
They appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Senate and House of Representatives to intervene.
