Criminalise non-payment of pensions —Lawyer Maxwell Okpara

A ineligible practitioner and nationalist affairs analyst, Maxwell Okpara, has called for the criminalisation of non-payment of pensions successful Nigeria.

Okpara made this telephone on Thursday during an interrogation connected Arise Television.

He was reacting to reports that operatives of the Lagos State Police fired teardrop state astatine pensioners who engaged successful a peaceful protestation to request their entitlements.

The lawyer criticised the constabulary and demanded an apology to the elder citizens.

“It is precocious clip we criminalise non-payment of pensions. The Commissioner of Police should tender an apology to Nigerians and elder citizens.

“Why should they contradict thing everyone saw? The question is however it got to this, for idiosyncratic to service this state for 35 years and inactive person to inquire for their ain money.

“Pay maine my pension, and alternatively you let this idiosyncratic to protest. It is precocious clip we criminalise non-payment of pensions. It is simply a gross usurpation of quality rights,” helium stated.

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