Some Federal Government workers have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to give priority to timely payment of pensions and gratuities to retirees.
The workers made the plea in separate interviews in Lagos, at the pre- retirement workshop organised by National Pension Commission, PenCom for workers due to retire in 2020.
They noted that retirees are being made to wait endlessly before receiving their benefits despite serving their fatherland for more than 30 years.
One of the workers, Olusegun Oga a staff of Neuro Psychiatric Hospital, Lagos, said that the delay in settling retirees’ gratuities and pensions had brought discomfort to many retired workers and their families.
Olufela Fashoro, an Assistant Editor- in-Chief in NAN, also urged the government to fast track the payment process, as doing so would ease the hardships retirees go through and make them live long.
Another worker set for retirement, Ime Abakada, commended PenCom for organising the workshop, but said it must improve on the payment process.
