BUSINESS DAY
Yomi Gbadamosi regrets spending his whole adult life working in the federal civil service and retiring after 30 years. He feels he wasted his life for Nigeria. After retiring from service, he has had to wait for pensions for almost two years.
Right now, putting food on his table has become an almost impossible task.
He feels deeply pained whenever he remembers that his friends who left school with him and ventured into business or private enterprises are comfortable and earn from their investments, without having to wait on anybody for pensions.
“This is really not the Nigeria I thought I was serving,” regretted Gbadamosi.
For Mabel Adarabioyo, who retired in 2021 after working in the federal civil service for 30 years, the situation is the same. She was posted from Abuja to Benue to serve Nigeria for over 10 years amid uncertainties.
She abandoned her Abuja home, worked and retired in Benue, but she has not received her pension after three years.
“It is tough to work for the government and tougher to work for the government in Nigeria,” Adarabioyo, 63, a physics expert, said.
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