N18bn paid to 2,700 ex-Nigeria Airways workers — FG

The Federal Government has commenced the payment of N18bn in outstanding severance benefits to 2,700 former workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways, more than two decades after the national carrier was liquidated. The Minister of Finance, Taiwo Oyedele, disclosed that 2,100 former workers in batches one to seven had already received their benefits, while another 600 beneficiaries in batches eight and nine had been cleared for payment.

The payments followed a directive by President Bola Tinubu to resolve the long-standing obligation to the former workers, acknowledging that many had grown old while waiting for their entitlements, while some had sadly passed away, leaving their families to pursue the outstanding payments.

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