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Buhari shouldn’t break his words to pensioners, Dogara tells Adeosun, Udoma

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Buhari shouldn’t break his words to pensioners, Dogara tells Adeosun, Udoma

The House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday expressed hope that President Muhammadu Buhari will not fail in the debts owed to Nigerian pensioners.

He called on President Buhari to ensure not to break his promise “because his words are cherished.”

Dogara stated this when the ministers of Finance and Budget and Planning, Kemi Adeosun and Udoma Udoma, respectively, briefed the House on efforts made so far to offset arrears owed to Nigerian pensioners.

He said, “We will not accept any excuse that leaves part of this pension funds hanging. When the president made a commitment that he was going to release money for bailout to states so that they can pay backlog of salaries and pensions, it happened, even though we were in the midst of a very biting recession. Now the president has said this issue of pension must be solved.

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“I don’t know where you got the money to bail out the states from, wherever you got the money from that is where we are going to get the money to solve this problem. And for the ministers who are representatives of the president, I believe you won’t make him (Buhari) break his words because his words are cherished.

“I want to believe this will be the last intervention we will be having with regards to the issue of pensions in this country. That is my charge.

“The message the House will be sending to the president through the ministers is, when you meet him to brief him about this engagement, just tell him that we have taken his words to the bank and we believe that we will cash it.”

When the issue came up during House plenary last week Dogara had said, “If it appears they have no solutions, then we will ask them for explanations. There has to be a position before we can all together go and meet with Mr. President over this very serious matter.”

 

 

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