Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas. Credit: National Assembly/X
Lawyer and public affairs analyst, Maxwell Opara, has called for legislation criminalising delays and denial of pension payments, arguing that retirees should not be forced to protest before receiving entitlements earned after decades of service.
Speaking during an interview with ARISE News on Thursday, Opara said failure to pay pensions when due should attract criminal sanctions.
“So, I think this is high time we criminalised delaying or denial of pension. We should criminalise it. There should be a legislation that we should push up a legislation, where you fail to pay pension as at when due, it should be a criminal offense,” he said.
He said pensioners who had spent decades serving the country should not have to demand money they were legally entitled to receive.
