The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has warned retired unit protesting non-payment of demobilisation allowance to permission the Ministry of Finance premises successful Abuja, stating that their continued protestation lacks merit.
The Director Defence Media Operations, Markus Kangye, a large general, gave the informing connected Thursday successful Abuja, portion briefing reporters connected the operations of the Armed Forces of Nigeria.
Dozens of retired subject unit had connected respective occasions blocked the main gross of the Ministry of Finance successful Abuja, demanding unpaid entitlements.
Despite the pleas from the military, the veterans refused to budge, insisting that their gratuities, debarment allowances, and different dues indispensable beryllium paid earlier they left.
Mr Kangye said the veterans’ continued protestation astatine the premises not lone lacks merit but besides disrupts authorities activities astatine the concern ministry.
He explained that earlier the implementation of the minimum wage, determination were 2 charts for calculating soldiers’ gratuity and debarment allowance, successful summation to the minimum wage chart.
“The archetypal illustration was what we telephone a pre-minimum wage chart, which was effectual 1st January 2024 to 28th July 2024.
“This was the illustration based connected which immoderate retired soldiers oregon retired subject personnel’s emoluments were being calculated. Then, the 2nd illustration was the existent minimum wage chart, which took effect from 29 July 2024 to date.
“Gratuity and information debarment allowance for subject unit is calculated based connected the wage illustration connected the effectual day of retirement.
“So, if a worker is retired today, the subsisting illustration that his engagement volition beryllium calculated connected volition beryllium based connected the illustration today. If time different illustration comes out, the soldiers’ engagement volition not beryllium calculated based connected that.
“Unfortunately, those soldiers who retired from 1 January 2024 to 28 July 2024 earlier the implementation of the caller minimum wage wanted their gratuity and information debarment allowance to beryllium calculated based connected the caller minimum wage chart.
READ ALSO: Nigerian politician approves N104,000 minimum wage for workers
“This cannot beryllium done due to the fact that the argumentation of the caller minimum wage came into effect connected 29 July.
“Thus, soldiers who autumn wrong the class of pre minimum wage charts are those soldiers who continually protestation and conception barricades astatine the Federal Ministry of Finance contempt being educated connected the 2 charts by Defence Headquarters,” helium said.
The defence spokesperson said that portion the subject acknowledges the veterans’ state of morganatic protest, helium advised them to dainty it with caution.
According to him, it is indispensable to reiterate that authorities policies person effectual dates of implementation, and this lawsuit cannot beryllium an exception.
“Therefore, the enactment of those soldiers is earnestly affecting the creaseless behaviour of activities astatine the Federal Ministry of Finance.
“The Defence Headquarters acknowledges state of morganatic protest, but the veterans are powerfully advised to tread with caution and vacate the premises of the Federal Minister of Finance to pave the mode for mean authorities functions to seamlessly beryllium conducted astatine the ministry,” helium added.
(NAN)
English (US) ·