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A caller confrontation is brewing betwixt the Lagos State Government and retirees nether the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, arsenic pensioners person issued an August 31 deadline for the outgo of their outstanding pension enhancement and wage award.
The retirees, nether the Nigeria Union of Pensioners Contributory Pension Scheme, NUPCPS, said nonaccomplishment by the authorities authorities to conscionable their request could trigger what they described arsenic the “mother of each protests.”
The president of the NUPCPS, Lagos State Council, Michael Omisande, disclosed the presumption of the pensioners aft a gathering with the Permanent Secretary, Public Service Office, Sunkanmi Oyegbola.
Omisande said the national had submitted a template to the authorities authorities successful January 2026 outlining its connection for implementing the pension enhancement.
According to him, the Lagos State Pension Commission, LASPEC, subsequently informed the national that support had been fixed for an actuary to beryllium engaged to facilitate the process, but the expected implementation had yet to instrumentality place.
“We person communicated a 19-day ultimatum to Mr Governor to recognition the accounts of pensioners connected the pension increases/wage award, oregon look protestation enactment tentatively fixed for August 31, 2026,” Omisande said.
He added that the national had notified the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, and the authorities C...
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