Pensioners protest as Osun gets N6.314bn refund

Pensioners in Osun State, under the Forum of 2011/2012 Pensioners, staged fresh protest to demand arrears of their pensions and gratuities.

The fresh protest came a day after Governor Rauf Aregbesola confirmed , he received N6.314bn as the second tranche of the Paris Club loan refund.

The Chairman of the forum, Mr Omoniyi Ilesanmi, who led the protest said the governor should use the money to pay the entitlements of pensioners.

He said the pensioners were being owed one-year full pension arrears and gratuities from 2008 to 2012.

The pensioners stormed the State Civil Service Secretariat at Abere and blocked part of the road but they allowed workers and others to go in and out of the place.

Armed with placards with various inscriptions the retired workers sang anti-government songs and rained abuses on the governor.

UCJ, UNILORIN.