BREAKING: Military retirees block Pensions Board entrance in Abuja

Military retirees connected Tuesday barricaded the entranceway to the Military Pensions Board bureau successful Dutse Alhaji, Abuja, protesting the look adopted for adjusting their pensions.

The protesting veterans blocked entree to the premises with canopies and chairs, portion equipped soldiers prevented them from entering the office.

The protestation comes weeks aft subject retirees staged a objection astatine the Ministry of Defence successful September, demanding an summation successful their pensions pursuing wage adjustments for serving subject personnel.

The Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, had reportedly assured the retirees that their pensions would beryllium accrued successful October.

However, the veterans person expressed dissatisfaction with the look adopted by the Military Pensions Board to cipher the adjustments, alleging that it has short-changed immoderate retirees.

Their grievance centres connected what they picture arsenic the nonaccomplishment of the accommodation look to adequately bespeak the wage increases granted to serving subject personnel.

The latest objection underscores the lingering concerns among retired subject unit implicit their payment and pension entitlements, contempt the earlier assurance by the Defence Minister.

The retirees are demanding a just accommodation of their pensions, insisting that the calculation method should decently relationship for the sal...