A group of retirees of 2011/ 2012 under the aegis of Good Governance Support Group (GGSG), Osun State branch of Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) has declared that the State government under the watch of Governor Rauf Aregbesola still owe them arrears of seven months.
They claimed that no fewer than 500 retirees have lost their lives as a result of the non-payment of monthly pension due as at when due.
According to the statement signed by the group’s Chairman and Secretary, Comrade Gbenga Oyeleke and Comrade Sola Olojede respectively, in reaction to the purported media interview granted by the State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC),
Jacobs Adekomi, titled: “NLC Affirms Osun Govt Not Owing Salaries”.
They strongly condemned the stage managed interview of Adekomi in the electronics media and insisted that they lost some of their members to cold death mysteriously without enjoying the fruit of their labour due to the insincerity of Adekomi to the plight of the workers and pensioners alike in the State.
They, allege that Adekomi and his cohorts signed the unauthorized Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the State government in order to ensure that Aregbesola
diverted the bailout funds to the State.
The group said in the statement that “We wish to state here categorically that Mr. Jacob Adekomi is not fit to be a labour leader in all ramifications and also not sincere with the welfare of the workers, he is leading in the State.
“Instead of fighting for the interest of the workers which their check-off dues sustains the likes of Adekomi, he choses to collide with Mr. Rauf Aregbesola
led-State government to plunge the State into the state of quagmire whereby the unborn generations will suffer the consequences”.
They further alleged that Adekomi had concluded arrangement to collect the sum of N20 million from Aregbesola for the celebration of this year (2016) May Day celebration, urging Aregbesola to pay the backlogs of pension arrears of retirees without further delayed.
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