Sacked Air Nigeria Workers May not Get their Pension

culled from ThisDay

There are indications that the over 700 workers of the now-rested Air Nigeria who were sacked last year may not secure the 25 per cent of their pension deposits.

This is because they were not issued with disengagement letters and the company which relieved them of their jobs did not communicate to the Pension Commission (PENCOM) that they have been sacked.

The workers are eligible to receive 25 per cent of their contributions to the scheme after they have remained unemployed six months after their sack, but that hope seems to have been dashed as the workers who lost their jobs when the company closed on September 10, 2012 may not receive the contributions, unless the Chairman of the company, Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim, intervenes.

One of the workers (name withheld), who has spearheaded the move to secure funds from the PENCOM contributions, said that the efforts of the workers to secure the funds were impeded by the fact that they did not provide necessary documentation to show that they were sacked by Air Nigeria.