Sentences with phrase «state pensioners in»

These old - time political hands, state pensioners in their twilight years now, watched with growing disdain as the son, who cut his political teeth in his early 20s as his father's $ 1 - a-year aide with an all - access backstage pass to state government, rewrote his father's playbook and earned a reputation, they say, as a ram - it - through autocrat with a wide bullying streak.

Not exact matches

And that $ 64 billion in outstanding debt does not include the $ 250 billion in accrued liabilities the state has promised to public pensioners, according to Moody's Investors Service.

This situation can be explained by two basic reasons: the social expense growth linked to unemployment, that increases in thousands of millions of dollars in the State social budget, and the increase of the share of pensioners in the population which also contributes to the increase of social expenses.

The report states that Hazard is valued at # 80 million by the Pensioners, but that the Citizens will be willing to break the bank and bring in a superstar in order to help tempt Pep Guardiola to the Etihad Stadium next summer.

By our calculations, Osun state pensioners alone got at least, N1, 539,227,442.75 out of the N14.2 billion paid to active and passive workers in the last two weeks as arrears of 4 months salaries and pensions excluding what the local government pensioners were paid for the same period.»

There should also be a gradual shift towards raising the basic state pension in line with earnings, and, while he would maintain the pensioner's credit, he would freeze the maximum level of payments to limit means - testing as much as possible.

The statement stated, «Our attention has been drawn to a sensational display of photograph of some persons who claim to be pensioners in Osun who have dubiously grouped themselves «Internally Displaced Pensioners» and claimed to have set up an «IDP» camp in the state capitapensioners in Osun who have dubiously grouped themselves «Internally Displaced Pensioners» and claimed to have set up an «IDP» camp in the state capitaPensioners» and claimed to have set up an «IDP» camp in the state capital, Osogbo.

In line with the National Pensioners Convention, we support a non-means-tested state pension of # 170 per week.

Baroness Altmann, Tory former pensions minister, warned that «only about one in 10 pensioners continues working past state pension age and are not all well - off.

«What the state workers are protesting, without prejudice to the Paris Club refunds, are the increment in wages to primary school teachers, local government workers and the increment of pensioners» emoluments,» it said.

The Chairman Triangular Group of Pensioners in the state, Prince Rotimi Adelugba while addressing press conference in Osogbo noted that the conference was organised to disclaim the claims of some few pensioners who took to the street to say pensioners are still owed Pensioners in the state, Prince Rotimi Adelugba while addressing press conference in Osogbo noted that the conference was organised to disclaim the claims of some few pensioners who took to the street to say pensioners are still owed pensioners who took to the street to say pensioners are still owed pensioners are still owed up to May.

:: Urgently pay Edo State pensioners over 42 months outstanding pension benefits and entitlements from the over N29bn Paris Club refunds received by your government and meant for the payment of pension arrears and gratuities;:: Adopt a human rights policy of guaranteeing regular payment of pension benefits and entitlements so that pensioners and their families can live decently;:: Recognize the human rights of Edo State pensioners and ensure their full and effective enjoyment of those rights, as well as provide them with information to enable them to claim their rights;:: Treat all pensioners in Edo State as individuals with humanity and dignity and respect and promote their higher standard of living and improve economic and social conditions for all pensioners;:: Provide Edo State pensioners with proper support and assistance to alleviate their plight, including by ensuring informal, community - based and recreation - oriented programs for pensioners to help develop their sense of self - reliance and independence;:: Reduce opportunities for corruption in the spending of the Paris Club refunds

«SERAP also notes that your government has a legal obligation to protect vulnerable individuals including pensioners in Edo State by taking measures to ensure that they are not denied their human rights, and deprived of their access to basic necessities of life.

Amalgam of pensioners in Osun State, on Thursday embarked on a protest, blocking the popular Ola - iya junction, and causing gridlock along the axis.

For the third time in 2017, pensioners in Kogi State, on Wednesday, took to the streets of Lokoja, the state capital to protest the non-payment State, on Wednesday, took to the streets of Lokoja, the state capital to protest the non-payment state capital to protest the non-payment of...

«The political leaders of Kogi State and the APC stakeholders have resolved unequivocally to give 4 weeks ultimatum to Governor Yahaya Bello, to reconcile the ongoing staff audit in the state with the realities on ground, pay our civil servants, the pensioners and others,» APC State and the APC stakeholders have resolved unequivocally to give 4 weeks ultimatum to Governor Yahaya Bello, to reconcile the ongoing staff audit in the state with the realities on ground, pay our civil servants, the pensioners and others,» APC state with the realities on ground, pay our civil servants, the pensioners and others,» APC said.

It is devastating to hear that 1 in 3 poor pensioners are not registered for their state pension top - up, probably because they, like most of us, can not make head or tail of the system.

«Look at the massive expansion in apprenticeships pioneered by the Liberal Democrats since then, look at the huge cash increase for everybody on the state pension because of Steve Webb's Liberal Democrat reforms on pensioners, look at the way toddlers in schools now get a healthy meal at lunchtime because of what the Liberal Democrats have done and look at the way in which millions of working people in this country have received because of the Liberal Democrat flagship policy of raising the point at which you start paying income tax.

The Auditor - General of Kogi, Alhaji Yakubu Okala, on Thursday, revealed that over N4 billion belonging to pensioners in the state was diverted into private...

Meanwhile, Secretary to State government, Gabriel Ajah, in denying the claim, disclosed that when the bailout fund was received, a dedicated bank account was opened for the funds and a committee, comprising leaders of Organised Labour, representatives of the state government and pensioners was setup to oversee the disburseState government, Gabriel Ajah, in denying the claim, disclosed that when the bailout fund was received, a dedicated bank account was opened for the funds and a committee, comprising leaders of Organised Labour, representatives of the state government and pensioners was setup to oversee the disbursestate government and pensioners was setup to oversee the disbursement.

Up to 1,000 pensioners will descend on Westminster today to demand an immediate increase in the state pension.

We've already lifted 900 thousand pensioners out of poverty — and in the next five years will restore the earnings link for the basic state pension.

The suit filed on behalf of SERAP by its deputy director Timothy Adewale read in part: «The Applicant argues that allegations of corruption and mismanagement of N388.304 billion London Paris Club loan refunds by states have undermined the human dignity of workers and pensioners facing difficult circumstances that deprive them of their capacity to fully realize their internationally recognized economic and social rights.»

«Apart from demonstrating this by paying just one month arrears, his refusal to pay dying pensioners who spent their productive years in the service of the state is a callous neglect of the elderly, who the governor deceived with mouth - watering promises, including prompt payment of pensions, during campaign.»

The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has faulted Governor Ayodele Fayose for paying just one month salary to workers owed seven months in arrears and for not paying pensioners.

«As organised labour, we therefore find it difficult to place the faith of these people who are constantly feeding the public with lies in order to deceive when the truth of the matter is that Kogi State civil servants and pensioners are dying of starvation and treatable diseases, walking the street of Lokoja as beggars because their salaries and allowances have not been paid for a period of three to twenty - two months by the government of Yahaya Bello.

With financial help from the state concentrated on pensioners and the young, one in seven working - age adults without dependent children are now living in poverty — the highest ever level.

«Given that the term «fuel poverty» does not seem to have been used once in yesterday's Budget statement, can the Secretary of State confirm that Warm Front will be sufficient to address Age Concern's assessment of the Budget that its failure to tackle fuel poverty will continue to leave more pensioners out in the cold?

The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Governor, Petra Onyegbule, told NAN in Lokoja that the late Ameh and four others in the State Pension Board were sacked due to alleged misappropriation of Pensioners» fund.

At the hearing, the accountant general reminded the House that the Labour leaders had insisted that the pensioners were not at all captured in the bailout fund but the governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, in his magnanimity, decided that the pensioners, having served the state diligently, must be included in the disbursement of the bailout.

Kolawole said the pensioners were thus not captured in the bailout fund released for state, saying it was the governor, who mandated that the pension should be included in the disbursement.

After a failed attempt to stop the public hearing on Wednesday by some pensioners, the Osun State House of Assembly was eventually told by banks that the state government did not go outside salaries, pensions and allowances in its disbursement of the N34.9 bn bailout loan it collected in State House of Assembly was eventually told by banks that the state government did not go outside salaries, pensions and allowances in its disbursement of the N34.9 bn bailout loan it collected in state government did not go outside salaries, pensions and allowances in its disbursement of the N34.9 bn bailout loan it collected in 2015.

How Kang, 37, got his job at the New York State pension in the first place has so far been an unanswered question in the scandal, which has cost pensioners potentially millions in lost gains and fees.

Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project has asked Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State to pay pensioners in the state their outstanding entitlements within the next 14 days or face legal acState to pay pensioners in the state their outstanding entitlements within the next 14 days or face legal acstate their outstanding entitlements within the next 14 days or face legal action.

Omisore, who is also a former deputy governor of the state said this in an interview with journalists in Osogbo on Sunday while distributing food items to some widows and pensioners in the state.

43 % of the general public backed the idea on the grounds that, in today's harsh financial climate, the Government should «use the money instead to provide more help to people who need the money more», whereas 48 % said it would be wrong to do this, as «pensioners have spent their working lives paying for their state retirement benefits».

The Organized Labour Unions and Pensioners, OLUP, in Ondo State has bemoaned the conditions of service of teachers in Ondo, disclosing that the state government onState has bemoaned the conditions of service of teachers in Ondo, disclosing that the state government onstate government only...

The group tallied six - figure pensioners in the State and Local Retirement System from the fiscal year that ended in April and found 3,817, up from 3,230 the year before.

He called on the ruling party in the state to focus on the payment of salaries of workers and the entitlement of pensioners in the state, noting that a government that failed not only to cater for the welfare of its workers but also the infrastructural and educational development of the state was certainly a failed government.

Pensioners in their number, on Monday marched through Wellington Bassey Road to the Government House in Akwa Ibom State, protesting the non-payment of their arrears by...

There was excitement in Enugu State as workers and pensioners in the state converged on the popular Michael Okpara Square, Enugu to mark the 2018 Workers» Day celebration, where they celebrated the good works of Governor Ifeanyi UgwuState as workers and pensioners in the state converged on the popular Michael Okpara Square, Enugu to mark the 2018 Workers» Day celebration, where they celebrated the good works of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwustate converged on the popular Michael Okpara Square, Enugu to mark the 2018 Workers» Day celebration, where they celebrated the good works of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.

«Also, the governor has paid some arrears owed workers and pensioners in the state with the funds received from the federal government.

While thanking the workers and pensioners for «the awards and laurels that you have kindly conferred on me and also for your votes of confidence and endorsement for another term in office», the governor reiterated his administration's commitment to their welfare, urging them to remain steadfast and approach their duties with zeal and commitment «so that collectively, we can build the Enugu State of our dreams».

The workers under the umbrella of various unions including Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) while addressing a press conference in Ibadan on Monday expressed concern over what they termed the poor condition of their members in the state.

The jump made Noonan the highest police pensioner in the state and one of only nine state retirees receiving more than $ 200,000.

State Pensions A scheme is to be introduced to allow current pensioners, and those who reach State Pension age before the introduction of the new single tier pension in April 2016, an option to top up their Additional State Pension record through a new class of voluntary National Insurance contributions, to be known as Class 3A.

Pensioners are also entitled to a Pensioner Concession Card, which allows you to access cheaper utility and medical bills, including discounts on eligible prescriptions, and discounts on public transport in some states.

In my state, the legislature sets the cost of living adjustment for retired pensioners.

In doing this, Money Mail, has stated that pensioners could lose up to # 100,000 over a 20 - year retirement.

According to a report conducted by the Pensions Policy Institute, 700,000 additional pensioners could be facing poverty in 2050 if the triple lock for the state pension is scrapped.