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Hundreds of pensioners besieged the national headquarters of Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) on Tuesday to protest against the dissolved former executives of the Federal Civil Service Pensioners (FCSP) branch, led by Mr Sunday Omeize, for scheming to polarise the branch and divide the national body, NUP.
Addressing a press conference, the pensioners led by the chairman, Caretaker Committee, FCSP, Comrade Eguaoba Fredrick, disowned the recent activities of the already dissolved Omeize-led Exco, adding that their intention, actions and inaction were to create a crisis in the branch and the national body in order to break away from the NUP.
FCSP announced it was pulling out from NUP in a communique issued at the end of the emergency NEC meeting of the union which was held at Labour House by its national chairman, Omezi Sunday.
Sunday explained that opting out became necessary over the lingering trade dispute between the FCSP and the NUP.
According to him, the protracted impasse is occasioned by the blatant refusal of the NUP to give a commensurate allocation of 55 percent share of one percent check-off dues accruals to the FCSP branch.
“After deliberations on issues on grounds which border on the recent illegal dissolution of the National Executive of the branch by the National Union of Pensioners (NUP) headquarters, NEC in session has resolved as follows:
Crisis hits Pension unions over check-off dues
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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja
The Federal Civil Service Pensioners, FCSP, have written to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige to stop the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, PTAD, from paying Check-up dues accruing from the payment of pension arrears to the National Union of Pensioners, NUP.
Already FCSP has concluded plans to set up a committee to carry out the registration of the union as an independent body.
Addressing journalists on Thursday in Abuja, the National Chairman of the FCSP, Comrade Omeiza Sunday said that the protracted impasse between his group and the NUP was occasioned by the “blatant refusal of the National Headquarters of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) to give us the commensurate allocation of the 55% share of the 1% Check-off Dues accruable the Federal Civil Service Pensioners Branch (FCSPB).
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