A fresh crisis is brewing in the pension sector as federal
retirees are spoiling for yet another showdown with the Chairman of the
Association of Federal Public Service Retirees, Chief Emmanuel Omoyeni,
accusing the leadership of the National Union of Pensioners, (NUP) led
by Alhaji Ali Abacha of complicity in the alleged missing N2.7 billion
pension fund.
Omoyeni, who stated this at a press conference in Abuja, Thursday, further disclosed that NUP officials who are in the first place members of the association could not account for the N2.7 billion deductions and check off dues from pensioners allowances all over the country just as he also urged the Federal Government to reinstate the Abdulrasheed Maina-led Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT).
According to him, “it is important to note that the NUP leadership under Alhaji Ali Abacha, who is a retiree from the local government and his Secretary General, Zack Actol, who is not even a pensioner were arrested, investigated, prosecuted and jailed in Kuje prison by the PRTT for alleged stealing over N2.7 belonging to federal Pensioners.”
He alleged further that NUP has collected billions of naira as check off dues without the consent of the pensioners and shared between the staff of the office of the Head of Service at the detriment of pensioners.
Calling on President Goodluck Jonathan to as a matter of urgency reinstate the Maina led pension task team, Chief Omoyeni insisted that the PRTT has done great service to the Nigerian pensioners and had saved billions of naira into the nation’s treasury by blocking all channels of siphoning funds by those he described as pension thieves.
He noted that “it is an establshed feat in Nigeria today that the PRTT has recorded success that must be upheld.”
Omoyeni, who stated this at a press conference in Abuja, Thursday, further disclosed that NUP officials who are in the first place members of the association could not account for the N2.7 billion deductions and check off dues from pensioners allowances all over the country just as he also urged the Federal Government to reinstate the Abdulrasheed Maina-led Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT).
According to him, “it is important to note that the NUP leadership under Alhaji Ali Abacha, who is a retiree from the local government and his Secretary General, Zack Actol, who is not even a pensioner were arrested, investigated, prosecuted and jailed in Kuje prison by the PRTT for alleged stealing over N2.7 belonging to federal Pensioners.”
He alleged further that NUP has collected billions of naira as check off dues without the consent of the pensioners and shared between the staff of the office of the Head of Service at the detriment of pensioners.
Calling on President Goodluck Jonathan to as a matter of urgency reinstate the Maina led pension task team, Chief Omoyeni insisted that the PRTT has done great service to the Nigerian pensioners and had saved billions of naira into the nation’s treasury by blocking all channels of siphoning funds by those he described as pension thieves.
He noted that “it is an establshed feat in Nigeria today that the PRTT has recorded success that must be upheld.”
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