The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has demanded a review of pension to a minimum of N25,000, per month, in Sokoto State, as against the N4,000 currently paid since the past 12 years.
The state Chairman of the congress, Mr Aminu Umar, while making the demand in Sokoto, also called for implementation of the government circular of December 2014, on the payment of gratuity and pension to staff and medical workers in the Local Government service, as their counterparts in the state service.
He, however, lauded the State Government for the payment of arrears of gratuities of more than four billion to retired civil servants at the State and Local Government service. He also noted the regular payment of salary and pension “at a time when some workers in some states are being owed arrears of salary and pension. “Regular training and retraining of civil servants, priority given to education, agriculture and commerce.
