Retirees Storm The Streets To Protest 15 Months Unpaid Pension In Osun

Pensioners in Osun State on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest in Osogbo, Osun state capital to demand payment of 15 months arrears of pension owed them by government, Punch Metro reports.



Addressing the protesters, who carried banners with inscriptions such as “EFCC should probe Aregbesola”, Retirees are dying”, “Pension, Gratuity is our right,” the chairman of Forum of 2011/2012 Pensioners, Mr. Yemi Lawal, declared that Osun’s retirees were the most traumatized in the country.