The plight of pensioners in Nigeria was brought to the fore once again when a 75-year-old man identified as Sunday Oboite, slumped and died during the screening of pensioners at the Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State.
It
was gathered that Oboite who worked in the Works Department of the
local government before he retired, slumped and died at the reception of
the secretariat, while waiting for his turn to be screened following
dirtives by the council that the pensioners to undertake before they
would be paid their 10-month pension arrears.
According
to a witness, the septuagenarian had complained of hunger after waiting
for a very long time and a Good Samaritan offered him a bottle of
beverage drink and some water but shortly after, he was said to have
slumped died with his death confirmed by some doctors at the council.
Oboite's death allegedly sparked a protest among other pensioners, who were angered by what had befallen their colleague.
“Some
of them complained that they had presented themselves for screening at
the secretariat at about 8am, but were later informed to go to Urhokpota
Hall, about 100 metres away. They also decried the delay in the
exercise, which took hours before it commenced,” a source said.
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