{"id":115131,"date":"2024-11-12T20:14:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=115131"},"modified":"2024-11-12T20:14:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:14:08","slug":"just-in-pensioners-besiege-finance-ministry-over-unpaid-pension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/just-in-pensioners-besiege-finance-ministry-over-unpaid-pension\/","title":{"rendered":"Just in: Pensioners besiege finance ministry over unpaid pension"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"adn ads\" data-message-id=\"#msg-f:1815531289185120154\" data-legacy-message-id=\"19321016a27c6f9a\">\n<div class=\"gs\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\":1bb\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":1bc\" class=\"a3s aiL \">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Protesting federal government pensioners have shut down the Federal Ministry of Finance over unpaid accrued rights.<\/p>\n<p>The National Chairman of the National Union of Contributory Pensioners, Comrade Sylva Nwaiwu, who led the senior citizens to the ministry, called for the immediate release of their accrued rights.<\/p>\n<p>Accrued rights refer to the pension entitlements under the old scheme before the introduction of the Contributory Pension Scheme by the Federal Government in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>By the Pension Act, all pension entitlements before 2004 were meant to be paid to the Pension Fund administrators of each federal government worker upon retirement.<\/p>\n<p>However, Com. 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