The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) said its members in the South-West geo-political zone will not vote governors owing pensioners their entitlements in the 2023 general elections.
The Union at the end of its quarterly zonal meeting held, on Thursday, in Abeokuta, asked its members to embark on protest (s) over the non-implementation of consequential adjustment in pensions arising from the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage.
The zonal Public Relations Officer of the union, Comrade Olusegun Abatan, while addressing journalists at the end of the meeting attended by Chairmen and Secretaries of Ogun, Oyo, Ondo, Osun, Lagos and Ekiti states chapters, said that governors in the zone are owing pensioners their gratuities and pensions running into trillion of naira.
“We want to advise our members to please shine their eyes and should not be carried away by the sentiment of the politicians. We will not succumb to the pittance the politicians are going to give us.
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“The meeting has decided that pensioners in the SouthWest would have to have a rethink on who they will give their votes to. And as such, the meeting has decided that pensioners in the SouthWest should not vote governors and governments that are owing them their entitlements, notably gratuities and pensions.
“What is progressive and democratic in a government that is owing pensioners humongous amount of money running into billions of naira?
“We are not saying that we are going to boycott the election, we are not saying that we are not going to vote, but what we are saying is that pensioners should not vote those governors and governments that are owing them.
“The implication of what we are saying is that we are going to have a trial of another government. This is not a matter of disenfranchisement, should we vote for somebody who is owing so that he can continue to impoverish us?” he added.
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