File photo: Map of Edo State
Pensioners of the defunct National Electric Power Authority and Power Holding Company of Nigeria, Benin branch, on Friday protested the alleged withholding of their pensions and gratuities for 25 years, lamenting that many of their colleagues were dying amid hardship.
The retirees called on the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate to pay their outstanding entitlements, which they alleged had accumulated to more than N350bn.
Speaking on behalf of the group, Alile Osakioduwa alleged that the funds had been released to PTAD by the Federal Government, but that the retirees were yet to receive their entitlements.
“We have been asking for this payment, which the Federal Government has released. Putting everything together, it’s over N350bn that they are now owing us. And these accumulations are from harmonisation, monetisation and electricity rebates that they have not paid to us.
