The Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Ogun state chapter has urged the state governor, Dapo Abiodun to pay its members N10,000 each so as to cushion the effect of the lockdown on the senior citizens in the state.
The pensioners stared this on Monday in a release signed by the state secretary, Bola Lawal.
Lawal lamented that members in the state are currently faced with different untold hardship during the COVID-19 lockdown currently going on in the state.
Lawal further complained that the money they received as pensioners is not enough to feed for three days.
He stressed that there is need for the government to pay N10,000 into each pensioner account as a means of palliative to soothe the pain of the lockdown on them.
The NUP, however, urged the government to give five trailer loads of food items to the pensioners out of the 100 trailers that would be sent by the federal government.
He said,
“Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Ogun state council wishes to express the untold hardship experienced by the pensioners of Ogun state on COVID-19 lockdown.
“Most of these pensioners earn N5,000 and below as monthly pension. This amount cannot carry them for three days as food allowances, how then do we expect them to survive the 14 days lockdown without food.
“In view of the above, NUP calls on Ogun state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun to pay N10,000 into each pensioner’s accounts as a means of palliative to soothe the pain of the lockdown.
“It would be appreciated if Ogun state pensioners are allowed five trailer loads of food items out of the 100 loads of food items sent by the federal government. The union shall see to it that the food is fairly shared among all the pensioners throughout the state.”
