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What do you say about claims that salaries and pensions are being paid on time and in full?

I say that is not what pensioners and workers are experiencing. Military pensioners have protested over unpaid adjustments, and federal workers have reported delayed salaries, wage awards and promotion arrears. A pensioner standing outside a government office demanding what is owed does not need a lecture about prosperity. What I am calling for is simple: pay the outstanding entitlements, publish what remains unpaid, and stop claiming everyone has been paid in full.

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Again, Bola, you told Nigerians that salaries and pensions are being paid “on time and in full.” Tell that to the military pensioners who protested over unpaid adjustments. Tell it to federal workers who have reported delayed salaries, wage awards and promotion arrears. A pensioner standing outside a government office to demand what is owed does not need a lecture about prosperity. Pay the outstanding entitlements, publish what remains unpaid, and stop claiming that everyone has been paid in full. A growing government account is not a recovering Nigerian. A speech about prosperity is not prosperity. Show Nigerians where the savings went. Show them the relief. Or stop calling their pain a cure. Our independence also demands political freedom. Nigerians must be free to question their leaders, organise peacefully and demand change. Public office belongs to the people. No President owns the voices of citizens.
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