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Unpaid N75,000 Subsidy Palliative: Pensioners Appeals to Tinubu
The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to order the payment of the N75,000 palliative approved for vulnerable Nigerians following the removal of fuel subsidy in 2023.
The union said three years after the Federal Government approved the payment, none of its members had received the three-month relief of N25,000 monthly.
The NUP made the demand in a letter addressed to the President and signed by its General Secretary, Comrade Godwin Amadin.
The union said the palliative was approved in October 2023 as part of measures to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal on vulnerable Nigerians, including pensioners.
It said the approval was initially received by pensioners “with joy and renewed hope”, given the economic difficulties confronting senior citizens.