Nobody would ever turn down extra pay.
But what if you had to pay something yourself to get that extra pay? And what what if you didn’t get it until some far-flung date in the future?
This was the predicament Ekene Okey-Udah found herself facing when she was trying to save money for her wedding and put money aside for a house deposit.
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The NHS doctor, 32, told The i Paper she felt she had no choice but to pause her pension payments as a temporary measure so she could receive extra cash in her monthly pay packet.








