SHAME! Elderly woman goes through hell to receive pension
An elderly pensioner, Mrs. Esther Gadimoh, was carried like a baby to the venue of an ongoing verification in Benin city on Thursday.
Pensioners, irrespective of their age, are expected to turn up in person to qualify for their entitlements.
“Same story they give my mum. Sometimes I just feel it’s a way of wasting some time to reduce number of eligible pensioners,” Adedayo, a photographer, shared with Newsroom Nigeria.
In several states across the country, pensioners, after working in civil service organisations for many years, die while waiting endlessly for their entitlements.
Presently, there are lawmakers in Nigeria who are receiving pensions as former governors.
