Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension - Politics - NigeriaWelcome, Guest: Register / Login / With Google / Trending / Recent / New Stats: 3,279,938 members, 8,232,478 topics. Date: Wednesday, 13 August 2025 at 01:21 AM Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension - Politics - Nairaland Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Politics / Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension (6169 Views) NUP Lauds Tinubu, PTAD Over 20% Increment, Minimum Pension Implementation / Traffic Offenders In 12 Nigerian States Pay N2.1bn Fines In 9 Months, Lagos Lead / Adamawa Unable To Pay March Salary, N32,000 Minimum Wage Due To COVID-19 (2) (3) (4) (1) (2) (Reply) (Go Down) Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by ogododo: 7:43am On Aug 12 The Northern Forum of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) says only four out of 19 northern states have complied with the federal government’s directive to pay ₦32,000 minimum monthly pension. Speaking during the forum’s zonal meeting in Kaduna State, the NUP Chairman, Comrade Mohammed Sali, described the situation as “deeply unfair” to elderly citizens who had dedicated decades of service to the nation. “Only four states now are paying this minimum of ₦32,000 out of 19. Many states are still paying as little as ₦3,000, ₦4,000, or ₦5,000, which is very wrong,” Sali said. He stressed that the forum would adopt dialogue rather than confrontation in pushing states to comply. “We are not confronting any state. Confrontation is beyond our age. We are your fathers; do you want to see your fathers running on the street from tear gas? We will go from one state to another in dialogue,” he stated. Sali disclosed that Adamawa State is already on the verge of implementing the ₦32,000 minimum pension. “Our governor has set up a technical committee, and they have finished their work. We are only waiting for his approval to start the payment,” he said. The forum’s Secretary, Alhassan Balarabe Musa, also condemned the disparity between the pensions of retirees and the benefits enjoyed by politicians. “If a politician, after just four or eight years, receives huge benefits, what of the pensioner who served for 35 years or more? Some states like Taraba pay ₦3,000, Katsina ₦5,000, Zamfara the same. It is very unfortunate,” Musa lamented. He noted that Kaduna State remains the only state in the Northwest paying ₦30,000 but urged Governor Uba Sani to raise it to ₦32,000 in line with the federal directive. The forum vowed to intensify consultations until all states in the region comply with the ₦32,000 minimum pension standard. https://dailytrust.com/only-4-northern-states-pay-n32000-minimum-pension/ 1 Like (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by TallNigerian: 9:24am On Aug 12 Nigeria is a crime scene Nigeria is a crime scene Nigeria is a crime scene 19 Likes (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by 5starMan: 9:25am On Aug 12 Hmmm nawaoo Weaponization of poverty is real mehn That's why if they tell you the North will vote like this or like that, it is unfortunately true because they have many factors that has held them down. Poverty,Religion,Tribe,largely uneducated. They largely depend on government handouts. This is intentional evil by the political class. 17 Likes 1 Share (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by Bizibi(m): 9:26am On Aug 12 That is wickedness,what do they need 4000 naira for? 6 Likes (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by saintkel(m): 9:27am On Aug 12 I know my Nasarawa won't be there......how we got dis governor is what I don't know till date 9 Likes (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by OgaSeun: 9:27am On Aug 12 Some children of perdition will be blaming Tinubu for this too.... Something that has been happening for ages... 19 Likes 1 Share (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by crixlight2(m): 9:28am On Aug 12 Na wah ooooo, our governors do more harms to us than the so called president 12 Likes (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by Softmirror: 9:30am On Aug 12 Bizibi: That is wickedness,what do they need 4000 naira for? It's been happening for ages simply because like the Politicians most of these workers are very idle and have been very happy about their idleness because it gives them the room for side hustle while collecting salaries for doing nothing. They never and will never complain about being unproductive. You can't eat your cake and still have it. 24 Likes (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by Talkisneeded(m): 9:30am On Aug 12 What do you expect,state that are struggling to pay minimum wage for active workers are the ones you expect to pay minimum for aged pensioners… There is no Nigerian politician in this current clime that can reverse our fortunes,the rot is just too deep… But again,what’s life without proper bedmatics skills seff,I’m here to solve all your woes 2 Likes (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by evanpass: 9:30am On Aug 12 Has the federal government start paying minimum wages,both the states and federal government are using same strategies of weaponizing poverty, and we Nigerian are not helping matters with our religion and tribes ways of thinking .the day we understand that this politicians are one and they like dividing us with this instrument the day Nigeria start getting better. 2 Likes (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by Hemanwel(m): 9:32am On Aug 12 Is that why Tinubu's platform had the audacity to call northerners illiterates? 2 Likes (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by Fcwilly: 9:32am On Aug 12 5starMan: Hmmm nawaoo Weaponization of poverty is real mehn That's why if they tell you the North will vote like this or like that, it is unfortunately true because they have many factors that has held them down. Poverty,Religion,Tribe Nigeria indeed is a crime scene, How do one survive on such amounts 2 Likes (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by AAEye: 9:32am On Aug 12 Adamawa State is already on the verge of implementing the ₦32,000 minimum pension. (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by iwaeda: 9:38am On Aug 12 Only 4 are paying N32000, we have not even mentioned minimum of seventy thousand naira only N70,000. Yet many are praising their oppressors. 5 Likes 2 Shares (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by tunjijones(m): 9:48am On Aug 12 So what are they doing with all the monies they receive from federal government? These are the questions we should be asking not focusing only on the federal government. The state governors are the worst and most heartless politicians in Nigeria today. 20 Likes (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by Ikaeniyan0: 9:49am On Aug 12 evanpass: Has the federal government start paying minimum wages. Yes, the federal government of Nigeria is paying 2 Likes (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by NAC1666: 9:50am On Aug 12 ogododo: https://dailytrust.com/only-4-northern-states-pay-n32000-minimum-pension/ Instead of 70k. Despite all the hug allocation. This unfair Na wa o 2 Likes (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by Iamsaintchild: 9:51am On Aug 12 They'll say the North will remember as if northerners haven't been at the center of political head of the nation before ..... Bunch of jokers 3 Likes (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by SmartPolician: 9:56am On Aug 12 Northern states largely depend on federal allocation to run, despite having huge landmass they can use to grow crops and make billions of naira. The worst thing that can happen to state is having an uncreative leader. That's the case in almost all the states in Nigeria. 2 Likes 1 Share (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by tunjijones(m): 9:57am On Aug 12 evanpass: Has the federal government start paying minimum wages,both the states and federal government are using same strategies of weaponizing poverty, and we Nigerian are not helping matters with our religion and tribes ways of thinking .the day we understand that this politicians are one and they like dividing us with this instrument the day Nigeria start getting better. Yes, the federal government has started paying minimum wage. States like Abia, zamfara and co are still paying 30k. It's such a shame 21 Likes (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by MasterMariner: 10:06am On Aug 12 Mr. Defender of Failure. Tiny but is to be blame cos has no human sympathy by increasing the suffering of these poor pensioners. His economic policies has further subjected these poorly paid pensioners to another degree of suffering, So you can not absolve him fr it, after all he promised to do well. OgaSeun: Some children of perdition will be blaming Tinubu for this too.... Something that has been happening for ages... 3 Likes 2 Shares (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by ivandragon: 10:08am On Aug 12 As long as political office holders are not subject to the same policies they forster on the masses, the system cannot be better. (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by free2ryhme: 10:09am On Aug 12 ogododo: https://dailytrust.com/only-4-northern-states-pay-n32000-minimum-pension/ They won't fight for their rights here , seeing the allocations these governors get from fAAC yearly but ready to destroy trailers of beer and fasle accuse people of blasphemy is what they know how to do best 2 Likes (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by anonimi: 10:14am On Aug 12 ogododo: https://dailytrust.com/only-4-northern-states-pay-n32000-minimum-pension/ Is Wike’s FCT among the northern states that have failed to pay minimum wage for all staff members anonimi: FCT Teacher’s Strike: The unfolding crisis that has kept Abuja’s children out of school for months The industrial action is the third in a series since late 2024. ByQosim SuleimanandZainab Adewale July 2, 2025 Reading Time: 4 mins read For over three months, public primary school pupils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have been out of the classroom due to a teachers’ strike. The industrial action has seen multiple suspensions and resumptions and is the third since late 2024. https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/north-central/804767-fct-teachers-strike-the-unfolding-crisis-that-has-kept-abujas-children-out-of-school-for-months.html?tztc=1 1 Like 1 Share (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by anonimi: 10:16am On Aug 12 ivandragon: As long as political office holders are not subject to the same policies they forster on the masses, the system cannot be better. Who are you waiting for to foster the same policies on political office holders like it is fostered on the masses anonimi: “The worst illiterate is the political illiterate, he doesn’t hear, doesn’t speak, nor participates in the political events. He doesn’t know the cost of life, the price of the bean, of the fish, of the flour, of the rent, of the shoes and of the medicine, all depends on political decisions. The political illiterate is so stupid that he is proud and swells his chest saying that he hates politics. The slowpoke doesn’t know that, from his political ignorance is born the prostitute, the abandoned child, and the worst thieves of all, the bad politician, corrupted and flunky of the national and multinational companies.” ― Bertolt Brecht 1 Like 1 Share (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by ivandragon: 10:18am On Aug 12 anonimi: Who are you waiting for to foster the same policies on political office holders like it is fostered on the masses If you cannot contribute meaningfully to socio-political developmental issues, remain confined to your space of blissful docility.. (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by anonimi: 10:21am On Aug 12 Softmirror: It's been happening for ages simply because like the Politicians most of these workers are very idle and have been very happy about their idleness because it gives them the room for side hustle while collecting salaries for doing nothing. They never and will never complain about being unproductive. You can't eat your cake and still have it. What kind of rationalisation are you labouring in vain to make for a feeble defence of the unjust treatment of pensioners? anonimi: Nigeria: Pensioners Urge Tinubu to Pay Arrears 26 March 2003 This Day (Lagos) Lagos — Pension teachers in Lagos State under the aegis of Teacher Pensioners of Nigeria (TEPAN) have urged Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to review his stance on paying the harmonised three year old outstanding pension allowance or risk losing their votes. In a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of TEPAN, Mr. Ayodabo 'Lade, accused Tinubu of failing to pay the arrears to teachers on their correct pension grade since the year 2000, contrary to what was obtainable in other five States of the South-west controlled by the Alliance for Democracy (AD). https://allafrica.com/stories/200303260385.html 2 Likes 1 Share (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by trafficpools: 10:23am On Aug 12 saintkel: I know my Nasarawa won't be there......how we got dis governor is what I don't know till date you guys elected him simple, otherwise he won't be there!!! (Share⤴) Re: Only 4 Northern States Pay N32,000 Minimum Pension by Softmirror: 10:24am On Aug 12 anonimi: What kind of rationalisation are you labouring in vain to make for a feeble defence of the unjust treatment of pensioners? We are saying the same thing. No difference at all. (Share⤴)