Pensioners

He told the perplexed pensioners drawn from the Nigerian Union of pensioners, (NUP) and organized labour that the government would commence the payment of pensioners from this week specifically, Thursday.

The Minister told the pensioners that following the closure of the programme and the attainment of the successful participation rate, the continuous picketing by the pensioners was unnecessary.

Having been told 10 million pensioners will lose their winter fuel payments under ridiculous plans announced by our new and nasty chancellor, Rachel Reeves, guess where pensioners will suffer most?

He said: “I want to make it clear: I am going to lead Nigerian pensioners in a protest so that the world will see that pensioners are suffering.

It confirms that leaving almost 10m pensioners out in the cold to pay for union pay rises will have a huge impact on pensioners already in poverty.

Major segment of Family Pensioners’ grievances is constituted by women pensioners.

The Government has axed the universal winter fuel payment, which all pensioners used to receive regardless of their income, and replaced it with an allowance available to pensioners on means-tested benefits, including pension credit and universal credit.

Executive Secretary, PTAD, Sharon Ikeazor, yesterday, confirmed amount paid out by Federal Government to pensioners in Abuja at the North-Central Stakeholders’ Forum for pensioners.

He said management has also introduced the Pensioners Priority Desk to ensure that pensioners who walked into their offices did not queue before being attended to.

No fewer than 8,549 ghost pensioners have been uncovered by the Imo state government just as N280 million was being saved monthly following a comprehensive evaluation and audit of pensioners and pension administration in the state.

To this end the exercise involved the digitization of all pensioners’ documents and capturing of their biometric data for further ‘I’m alive’ verification exercises which will be done at the convenience of the pensioners.

BlackRock manages $5.1trn of savings largely accumulated by, among others, the world’s pensioners or would-be pensioners – and Osborne’s appointment will no doubt help to keep policymakers and regulators at bay.

Johannesburg pensioners have until the end of September to apply for pensioners’ rebate on their monthly rates and taxes accounts.

Many died without salary, while pensioners, for the first time in the history of Kogi State, were categorized as Ghost Pensioners.

Mr Joseph Dele, Chairman, Nigeria Union of Pensioners NUP (Federal Branch) Lagos, has appealed to the Federal Government to offset the backlog of the 33 percent increment in pension owed pensioners.

Treatment of Nortel pensioners On June 23, 2010, the News and Observer published a story criticizing treatment pensioners have been receiving from their former employer, Nortel.

Acting Director at the National Insurance Division at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Amin Fagan, told JIS News in August last year that when completing the document, pensioners should ensure that it is signed by themselves.

A former Accountant, Pensions Account, Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF), Garba Abdullahi Tahir, also known as Tahir Garba, has been convicted and sentenced to 21 years in prison for stealing N26.1 million meant for pensioners.

A freedom of information request by Webb revealed that nine out of ten pensioners who pay tax do so at the basic rate of 20 per cent.

Amidst the cold snap, UKHSA has urged pensioners and people with underlying health conditions to keep their heating on at least 18 degrees, reminding the public to keep an eye on those who are most vulnerable during cold conditions.