The Nigeria Civil Service Union, NCSU has called on the Federal Government to make necessary amendments to the pension Act 2014 to protect the interest of workers and pensioners in the area of Gratuity payment.
The call is contained in a communique which was jointly signed by NCSU National President, Lawrence Amaechi and General Secretary, Bomoi lbraheem, who is also expressing reservation on the contributory pension scheme across the country.
The civil servants union expresses sadness over the lack of political will of Federal and State governments to deploy necessary funds to defray their own share of the contributory pension scheme let alone to remit appropriately to accredited pension funds Administrators,
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The workers are in addition condemning in strongest terms the refusal of Government and employers in the Public Service to pay Gratuity to retirees under the contributory pension scheme, a decision they say has caused the death of many pensioners and make others destitute.
The communique further notes a Confidence vote on the National leadership, while empowering them to conduct a National Delegates Conference of Nigeria Civil Service Union in January 2022.
Editor: Hadiza.A. Audu
