By Demola Akinyemi
THE Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, in Oyo State has directed its members to withdraw from the ongoing verification exercise in the state over the harsh environment under which the initiative was being carried out.
The state’s NUP Secretary, Mr Olusegun Abatan, gave the directive to retired primary school teachers and local government workers on Tuesday while speaking on the hardship pensioners were undergoing during the exercise.
The state government ordered the screening which started on Monday for retired primary school teachers and local government pensioners in the state.
The verification exercise is aimed at ascertaining the actual number of pensioners in the state.
Abatan said that the verification exercise was poorly organised with aged pensioners suffering under the sun.
He claimed that the pensioners had no chairs to sit on while awaiting verification while some had fainted…
