'Give us pension increase before you leave office' - Ogun retired principals beg Gov Abiodun

The Association of Retired Principals of Secondary Schools of Nigeria, ARPSSON, Ogun State chapter, has appealed to Governor Dapo Abiodun to instrumentality a consequential summation successful pensions earlier leaving bureau successful 2027.

The president of the association, Comrade Segun Obadimu, made the entreaty connected Friday during its 2026 Annual State Congress held astatine Graceland Event Centre, Ayepe Road, Sagamu.

Obadimu said existent pension payments could nary longer conscionable retirees' needs successful presumption of prevailing economical realities.

He besides urged the politician to wide the backlog of gratuities owed to retirees from 2020 to 2025.

"Our connection to Governor Dapo Abiodun, who has been doing good for pensioners, is to actualise the consequential summation successful our pensions. What is being paid presently cannot instrumentality america anywhere," helium said.

"We are besides requesting that the backlog of gratuities betwixt 2020 and 2025 beryllium cleared. We judge this is doable earlier 2027," Obadimu added.

The congress, themed "Healthy Life successful Retirement," featured a wellness speech titled "Ageing Realities with Special Emphasis connected Hypertension and Diabetes."

Obadimu said the taxable was chosen to gully attraction to the wellness and well-being of retired educators. He urged members to acquisition regular aesculapian check-ups and adhere to aesculapian proposal to trim the risks as...