No fewer than 20 retired senior public officers in Kaduna State, including former Permanent Secretaries, Secretaries to the State Government and Heads of Service, have died without receiving their retirement entitlements, the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) has said. The union’s Kaduna State secretary, Alhassan Balarabe Musa, said the deaths were linked to persistent delays in the payment of pensions and gratuities by the state government.
Musa said some of the deceased had court judgments in their favour but died before receiving their benefits. He added that Kaduna State had yet to implement the N32,000 pension increase for retirees under the Defined Benefits Scheme, worsening the hardship faced by pensioners. Appealing to Governor Uba Sani to act urgently, he said many retirees rely solely on their pensions for food, healthcare and shelter, warning that continued delays would deepen their suffering.
