Peter Obi knocks Tinubu for celebrating meeting revenue target without positive impact on the living standards of citizens
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) has knocked Bola Tinubu for failing to pay federal retirees’ pensions and gratuities despite the President’s claim of having met 2025 government revenue target in August.
Obi reiterated on X that it is unjust for the government to celebrate revenue growth while retirees who have served Nigeria are forced to mull a nationwide protest over unpaid pension arrears.
He insisted that senior citizens who gave their most productive years in service to the country deserve to be paid their benefits promptly.
In his view, any excess revenue realised by the government should be channelled to settle obligations to pensioners in order to restore their dignity and assure workers that their labour is valued.
“I read with deep concern that our pensioners, men and women who gave the most productive years of their lives in service to our country, have been pushed to contemplate a nationwide protest over unpaid [pension] arrears,” Obi wrote in the post.
“Just last month, Mr. President announced that Nigeria had reached its revenue target. If that is true, then the moral question is simple: why are our senior citizens, who worked, served, and sacrificed, still owed their rightful pensions and gratuities?”
“Revenue growth should first reflect in the lives of the people, especially those in difficult times.
“The excess revenue we celebrate today must not remain on paper. It must be directed to settle our obligations to pensioners, to restore their dignity, and to assure the working population that Nigeria values their labour and service.
“Anything less is unjust and unacceptable. Good Leadership and compassion are inseparable.”
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