Nigeria Airways: FG pays N18bn severance benefits to 2,700 ex-workers

The Minister of Finance, Taiwo Oyedele, has confirmed that the Federal Government has paid N18 cardinal successful outstanding severance benefits to 2,700 erstwhile employees of the defunct Nigeria Airways.

Oyedele made this disclosure during a briefing with journalists on Friday.

He said the outgo followed a directive from President Bola Tinubu.

He explained that the outgo is being made successful batches and that each affected ex-workers volition beryllium paid wrong the adjacent fewer days.

According to him, the outgo is being made to ex-workers who person already been verified.

“Today is astir overmuch much than the outgo of money. It’s astir people, dignity, spot and the work of authorities to honour morganatic obligations to its citizens,” helium said.

“Behind each verified pension arrear is simply a retiree and a family. Behind each unpaid contractual certificate are Nigerian businesses, employees and proviso chains,” helium said.

DAILY POST reports that Nigeria Airways was officially liquidated successful 2004. Since then, severance benefits owed to its workers had not been paid.

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