Military retirees barricade entrance to Military Pensions Board workplace in Abuja

Military retirees on Tuesday, October 13, barricaded the doorway to the Military Pensions Board workplace in Dutse Alhaji, Abuja, to protest the method adopted for adjusting their pensions.

The retirees positioned canopies and chairs in entrance of the gate main into the premises and sat there, blocking entry to the workplace.

Armed troopers stood on the entrance gate to forestall the veterans from getting into the workplace.

The protest comes weeks after navy retirees staged an illustration on the Ministry of Defence in September, demanding a rise of their pensions following wage changes for serving navy personnel.

The Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, had reportedly assured the retirees that their pensions could be elevated in October.

However, the veterans have expressed dissatisfaction with the method adopted by the Military Pensions Board to calculate the changes, alleging that it has short-changed some retirees.

Their grievance centres on what they describe because the failure of the adjustment method to adequately mirror the wage will increase granted to serving navy personnel.

The retirees are demanding a good adjustment of their pensions, insisting that the calculation methodology ought to correctly account for the wage will increase that prompted their earlier protest.