Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has promised to alleviate the plight of pensioners across the country when he becomes president. Buhari, who spoke while being presented with petition signed by a group of ex-servicemen protesting their treatment in the country, said that he is “saddened by the current situation of military, police and all other pensioners.”
He said it is unconscionable to allow senior citizens, who have served the country with zeal and patriotism in their youth, to be subjected to indignity and suffering while waiting to be paid their gratuity and pension, with some even having to engage in protests in their quest to be paid.
The APC presidential candidate also said “a situation where corrupt officials of state out-rightly embezzle funds meant for payment of pensioners or delay such payment in order to fraudulently earn interest from deposit placements with banks will not be tolerated” and promised to put a stop to it.
