By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
The Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) has lamented that, three years after the Federal Government approved a three-month ₦25,000 monthly palliative for vulnerable Nigerians following the removal of the fuel subsidy, pensioners—its members—are still waiting for payment.
Consequently, the NUP has called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene and come to their rescue.
In an appeal letter to the President seeking the immediate release of the ₦75,000 outstanding subsidy removal palliative, the union said none of its members had received the approved payment since the measure was announced in October 2023.
A statement by the NUP General Secretary, Comrade Godwin Amadin, said the palliative was approved as part of measures to cushion the impact of subsidy removal on vulnerable Nigerians, including pensioners.
