Tag: Pension
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Pension protest by school teachers, influenced by opposition party – Charles Aniagwu
Mr Charles Aniagwu, the Delta state Commissioner for Information, has disclosed that the recent protest by some retired primary school teachers demanding for their pensions was influenced by the opposition party in the state. He disclosed this when he addressed newsmen on Monday in Asa, alleged that the woman who led the protest on Thursday in…
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Court orders payment of pension arrears to ex-gov Nyame, others
The National Industrial Court, on Tuesday ordered Taraba State Government, to immediately pay former Gov. Jolly Nyame and three others, arrears of their pensions. The other judgment creditors in the suit are Uba Ahmadu, Abubakar Armayau and Bilkisu Danboyi The court, in addition, awarded the sum of N500,000 against the state government.
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Senate rejects immunity, life pension for presiding officers
Senate has approved financial autonomy for state legislatures, judiciary and local governments in the country, and rejected life pension for its presiding officers. The approval came on Tuesday during voting on the report of the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution (Fifth Alteration) Bills, 2022
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FG approves national minimum wage in payment of pension
President Muhammadu Buhari has granted the approval indicating an increase in payment of pension to pensioners under the pension scheme arising from increment in the minimum wage. Mr Ekpo Nta, Acting Chairman, National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, confirmed this on Friday in Calabar while briefing newsmen on the development. Nta explained that the increment…
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Like Sanwo-Olu, AbdulRazaq moves to stop pensions of Kwara ex-governors, deputies
Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq will next week send a bill to the State House of Assembly asking the lawmakers to repeal the law awarding pension packages to former governors and deputy governors. In a statement Governor AbdulRazaq’s spokesperson Rafiu Ajakaye said that “the governor has listened to voices of the majority of the citizens…
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Why Delta won’t copy Lagos to abolish pension payments to ex-govs, deputies – Okowa
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has said his administration has no plan to stop pensions of past governors and their deputies like his Lagos State counterpart, Babajide Sanwo-Olu proposed to do while presenting the state’s budget to the assembly on Tuesday. Okowa, who stated this on Wednesday in Asaba, stressed that his counterpart in…
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BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu presents 2021 Budget, to abolish pension for Tinubu, Fashola, Ambode, others
The Lagos State Governor, Bababjide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday presented the presented budget estimates of N1.155 trillion to the State House of Assembly for approval for the 2021 fiscal year. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, in a statement on Monday, said, “The budget session is expected to focus on advancing the T.H.E.M.E.S.…
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Okorocha, Ihedioha, others edged out as Uzodinma abolishes payment of pensions to ex-governors, speakers in Imo
Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo has assented to a bill repealing the law that created pension allowances and gratuities for former governors, deputy governors, assembly speakers, and deputy speakers. Signing the bill into law in Owerri on Friday, the governor noted that the erstwhile law runs contrary to the 1999 constitution as amended, which stipulates…
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Industrial court nullifies pension payments to Tinubu, Saraki, others
The National Industrial Court has declared as null and void, payment of pension and gratuity to former governors and deputy governors, not in consonance with what is fixed by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). The court gave the judgment on Thursday while ruling in a suit brought against the Taraba State government…
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Ex-governors in Senate vow to challenge court judgement ordering refund of pensions
A sustained legal battle may be in the offing as ex-governors in the Senate are said to have concluded arrangements to challenge the Court order on the refund of pensions received by them. The ex-governors who appeared to be jittery over the court order are said to be determined to overturn the order. One of…