Kwara pensioners want arrears paid into lawyer’s account

Concerned Pensioners in Kwara have called on
the State Government to pay the arrears of
their pension into the bank account of their
lawyer.
The pensioners made the call in Ilorin on
Friday in a communiqué issued at the end of
their emergency meeting
The communiqué was jointly signed by Elder
Tunji Aransiola, Acting Chairman, Comrade
Philip Oloruntola, Vice Chairman and Comrade
Ayobamidele Ajibola, Secretary.
In the communiqué, they urged the State
Government to obey and implement the
judgment of the Court of Appeal delivered on
June 30, 2010.
The pensioners advised the State Government
not to pay the N1.7bn into individual pension
accounts.
The communiqué stressed that the money be
paid into the lawyer's account or that of
judiciary pending determination of appeal
instituted by the state government at Supreme
Court.
"There must be a re-screening of the
accredited 9,030 pensioners in the state
conducted on April 17, 2008," the
communiqué added.
The communiqué stated that the re-screening
was necessary to ensure that nobody was
short-changed in the process.
It advised the state government not to
politicise the payment of the pension arrears
in any form.