Pensioners in Ekiti State have expressed their joy over the new lease of life senior citizens in the state are enjoying under Governor Biodun Oyebanji’s administration.
The Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners, Ekiti State Branch, Joel Akinola, stated that the release of N4.6bn by Oyebanji for the payment of outstanding gratuities to state and local government pensioners within one month was unprecedented.
In a statement was made available to newmen in Ado Ekiti today, Akinola, speaking during a monthly prayer summit of the pensioners, also appreciated the governor for presenting a bus to the union in the same month.
he However appealed to the governor to consider settling the remaining one month’s pension owed to local government pensioners” and to establish special recreational centres for pensioners in the 16 local government areas of the state.