N2.1bn Entitlements: NNN Workers Give Northern Govs 14-day Ultimatum
The staff and pensioners of New Nigerian Newspapers have given the Northern Governors’ Forum 14-day ultimatum to pay their N2.1 billion entitlements. Reading the text of the press conference jointly signed by the chairman and secretary of NNN Press Committee, Elder Amos Matthew and Comrade Nicholas Dekera respectively, they said over 90 percent of the property have been sold and over N2.7 billion realised. It recalled that in 2023 after PTAD verified and begun payment of monthly pension, the duo of Barrister Iweka and Idi Sule returned to court over an initial out-of-court settlement item - check-up dues. The duo recalled that the Federal High Court in May 2022 garnished the GT Bank account number 0605091406 with account name “New Capital Properties Ltd '' where all the monies realised from the sales of the property was lodged. "The garnishee was vacated, but again the management and the committee failed to pay workers’ benefits even with express orders from the
