Senior citizens protest at Finance Ministry over unpaid pensions Federal government pensioners, led by Comrade Sylva Nwaiwu, National Chairman of the National Union of Contributory Pensioners, staged a protest at the Federal Ministry of Finance over unpaid pension entitlements. The retirees, who are from the old pension scheme prior to the 2004 introduction of the Contributory Pension Scheme, gathered to demand the immediate payment of their accrued pension rights. Accrued rights refer to pension benefits owed to retirees who retired before the Contributory Pension Scheme was implemented. These funds are supposed to...