Federal pensioners pull out of NUP

The crisis among pensioners yesterday got messier as the Federal Civil Service Pensioners (FCSP) opted out of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) over alleged denial of the branch’s rights and privileges.

Members of the FCSP alleged “illegal and unconstitutional” appointment of a caretaker committee by the NUP at its April National Delegates Conference held in Abuja.

The decision to pull out of the NUP was announced in a communique issued at the end of the emergency NEC meeting of the FCSP held yesterday at Labour House.

FCSP National Chairman, Omezi Sunday, who read the communique, said the decision became necessary over the lingering trade dispute between the FCSP and the NUP.

He said the protracted impasse was occasioned by the blatant refusal of the NUP to give a commensurate allocation of 55 per cent share of one per cent checkoff dues accruals to the FCSP branch.

“After

deliberations

on issues on ground which border on the recent illegal dissolution of the National Executive of the branch by the National Union of Pensioners headquarters, NEC in session has resolved as follows:

“That the dissolution the duly elected National Executive of the Federal Civil Service Pensioners Branch, led by Comrade Sunday O. Omezi, is illegal and unconstitutional.

“That the appointment of a caretaker committee by the NUP at the delegates conference is also illegal and unconstitutional,” the communique read.