{"id":354533,"date":"2025-02-02T12:45:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T11:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=354533"},"modified":"2025-02-02T12:45:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T11:45:49","slug":"any-govt-withholding-pensions-gratuities-of-senior-citizens-is-wicked-peter-obi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/02\/02\/any-govt-withholding-pensions-gratuities-of-senior-citizens-is-wicked-peter-obi\/","title":{"rendered":"Any govt withholding pensions, gratuities of senior citizens is wicked \u2013 Peter Obi"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>This is even as he opined that it is sheer wickedness to withhold the pensions and gratuities of senior citizens during their vulnerable years.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/02\/02\/apc-slams-peter-obi-over-yahoo-boys-in-government-remark\/\">Peter Obi<\/a>, says senior citizens who have served the nation should not be denied their monetary reward and material benefits.<\/p>\n<p>This is even as he opined that it is sheer wickedness to withhold the pensions and gratuities of senior citizens during their vulnerable years.<\/p>\n<p>Obi lamented that utter lack of compassion and humanity have pervaded the Nigerian society, adding that greed and an desperate intemperate acquisition of wealth among political leaders have made life a living hell for others.<\/p>\n<p>The former Anambra State Governor&#8217;s harangue was spuured by his \u201ca chilling encounter with an elderly woman\u201d during his official visit to the Shanahan College of Nursing Sciences, Nsukka, Enugu State.<\/p>\n<p>Obi said the encounter left him seriously worried about the depth of insensitivity that characterizes the nation\u2019s political and institutional leadership in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on his X handle, Obi narrated how the woman lamented that her pension had not been paid despite devoting the productive years of her life to working for the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy chilling encounter with an elderly woman yesterday has left me seriously worried about the depth of insensitivity that characterizes our political and institutional leadership in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile interacting with the management and students of Shanahan College of Nursing Sciences, Nsukka, during my official visit to the institution, I noticed this elderly woman struggling desperately to talk to me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople around tried to push her away and silence her, but I instantly requested to have a word with her and hear her story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe introduced herself as a retired civil servant who devoted the productive years of her life to working for the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe lamented that for a while, her pension had not been paid. What was more heartbreaking was that she had been sick and admitted to the hospital for over a week, with mounting medical bills, but her immediate worry was that she did not even have one Naira to buy food.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt a surge of anger and pity. Anger at leaders like me, who, out of greed and an insatiable desperation for material acquisition, have made life a living hell for others by denying them the fruits of their labor. And then pity for the poor elderly woman, and many others like her, whose painful stories may never be heard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is the nation we live in\u2014a nation that has lost its sense of humanity and compassion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have said it before, and I still maintain, that any government that withholds the pensions and gratuities of our senior citizens in their vulnerable years is wicked. As a Governor, I inherited and paid off over N30 billion in pensions and gratuities accumulated over the years because I understood the pain the elderly citizens were going through.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI instantly gave her my little support and promised to follow up her case with the hospital management.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, I am more concerned about the many others like her, dying in silence in many parts of the nation, because no one can speak for them. We must fix this nation. Nigeria must work for all, and everyone must get their due rewards for their productive contributions.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is even as he opined that it is sheer wickedness to withhold the pensions and gratuities of senior citizens during their vulnerable years. Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, says senior citizens who have served the nation should not be denied their monetary reward and material benefits. 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