BREAKING: Military retirees block Pensions Board entrance in Abuja

Army retirees on Tuesday barricaded the doorway to the Army Pensions Board administrative center in Dutse Alhaji, Abuja, protesting the formulation followed for adjusting their pensions.

The protesting veterans blocked get admission to to the premises with canopies and chairs, whilst armed squaddies averted them from coming into the administrative center.

The protest comes weeks after army retirees staged an illustration on the Ministry of Defence in September, challenging an building up of their pensions following wage changes for serving army group of workers.

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

On the other hand, the veterans have expressed dissatisfaction with the formulation followed via the Army Pensions Board to calculate the changes, alleging that it has short-changed some retirees.

Their criticism centres on what they describe because the failure of the adjustment formulation to adequately replicate the wage will increase granted to serving army group of workers.

The most recent demonstration underscores the lingering considerations amongst retired army group of workers over their welfare and pension entitlements, in spite of the sooner assurance via the Defence Minister.

The retirees are challenging an even adjustment in their pensions, insisting that the calculation approach will have to correctly account for the wage will increase that induced their previous protest.