Pensioners led by the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Kano State on Thursday protested over the non-payment of their retirement benefits.
The protesters who matched from Nassarawa Emir’s palace through State Road to Government House lamented non-remittance of their entitlements for years after retirement.
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The Kano NLC Chairman, Kabiru Ado Minjibir, who led the procession, demanded the remittance of 17 per cent of employers’ monthly contributions to the Pension Fund Trustees as complied and remitted by the mainstream civil service under the office of the Head of Civil Service and some parastatals such as the judiciary.
Minjibir put the outstanding retirees’ benefits in the state as of June 2022 at N36,971,782,088.79 and the unremitted 17% contributions from defaulting organisations at N69,257,961,597.98.
He said the figure cut across three successive administrations from April 2006 to August 2022 under Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and incumbent Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
On his part, Ganduje represented by his Chief of staff and Head of Service, Usman Bala, who received the procession pledged the government’s quick intervention on the issue.
