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Now on bbc news, our world. you work hard, behave responsibly, save into a pension scheme and have a happy retirement, right? wrong. after decades of saving into government pension schemes, when it's time to collect, many nigerians across the country get nothing, unless they pay. but while some retired people sink into poverty waiting for their pension, others are raking it in. he is entitled to 300% of his basic pension. he is entitled to four cars, replaceable every four years. one man. i'm yemisi adegoke, and i want to find out why politicians are awarding themselves huge pensions while ord...

Working for the state government, not only being denied her pension being then intimidated by the auditor—general and security personnel. fake or �*ghost�* pensioners are a real problem in nigeria. and the adding fictitious names to the payroll is one of the ways money is stolen from government funds. sometimes, there are more fake pensioners than real ones. the state that cannot have more than 3,000, 4,000 pensioners, have 10,000. jerry uwah is a finance and businessjournalist, familiar with the problem of pension fraud. but he doesn't think the culprits are ordinary people like mrs ewa...

Zamfara state, abdul�*aziz yari, who sanctioned a lawjust two months before he retired, which would give him quite a pension. he's entitled to 10 million naira every month as �*overhead costs�* — overhead of what? nobody knows. he's entitled to 300% of his basic as pension. and yet, this man whose gratuity and entitlement has been paid immediately after he left office, there's 10 billion naira in pension arrears. so, although the state might not have the money to pay ordinary pensioners the ten billion naira it owes them, there always seems to be money to pay the politicians. the curre...

So, if the governor is greedy enough to demand a house at banana island, buy a land there at $4 million per plot, then he's entitled to 300% of his basic as pension, he's entitled to four cars, replaced every four years. one man. and that's in some states. that is too much for one man. he's spoiling thousands of pensioners, three years of pensions that have not been paid. protests recently erupted in enugu state, and the house of assembly tried to pass a law that would give ex—governors and their deputies and their wives an outlandish amount of money and perks for their pensions. chanting: s...

Buy a land there at $4 million per plot, then he's entitled to 300% of his basic as pension, he's entitled to four cars, replaced every four years. one man. and that's in some states. that is too much for one man. he's spoiling thousands of pensioners, three years of pensions that have not been paid. protests recently erupted in enugu state, and the house of assembly tried to pass a law that would give ex—governors and their deputies and their wives an outlandish amount of money and perks for their pensions. chanting: solidarity for ever! cars, medical bills, even funerals costs are covered....