Pensioners of the Nigerian Airways have written to the Federal House of Representatives to amend the votes and proceedings of March 8th, 2021, to enable their inclusion in the ongoing Federal Ministry of Aviation payoff exercise ahead of the kick-off of the new national carrier.
The letter signed by a concerned pensioner, Umar Ndanusa Kawu, and made available to journalists in Kaduna Monday, stated that their earlier petition submitted to the 9th National Assembly in March 2022, was not against the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), but the Federal Ministry of Aviation.
The pensioners clarified that the former petition was wrongly presented to the National Assembly by the office of Assembly Clerk, which led to the wrong capturing of the matter in votes and proceedings of 8th March, 2021.
The pensioners said they reliably gathered that the Clerk had since noticed the gap and has directed the assembly’s legal officer to present the matter before the National Assembly amendment of the votes and proceedings, which to their shock had not been done.
They noted that the matter has put the lives of the officials of the pensioners at great risk, as they have been subjected to constant travel along the “dangerous” Abuja road to press home their demands with the NASS legal officer, which has consistently fallen on deaf ears.
“After all our efforts were thwarted, we are forced to write this letter to the leadership of the 9th National Assembly for their urgent intervention.
“We are appealing on compassionate ground to the assembly to as a matter of urgency instruct the legal officer to act and come up with an achievable result on this matter, which has been pending with him. This will enable the Minister/Ministry of Aviation to include us in the ongoing pay-off exercise before the kick-starting of the new national carrier,” the letter reads.
