{
  "id": 6913186,
  "title": "FG settles severance benefits for 2,100 former Nigeria Airways workers after two decades",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/fg-settles-severance-benefits-for-2-100-former-nigeria-airways",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-12T11:18:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/business-news/908966-fg-settles-severance-benefits-for-2100-former-nigeria-airways-workers-after-two-decades.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Federal Government has paid severance benefits to former employees of the defunct Nigeria Airways. According to the Daily Post Nigeria, 2,700 ex-workers received a total of N18 billion in outstanding benefits. The payment was made in batches and followed a directive from President Bola Tinubu.\n\nThe payments were made to verified ex-workers, with the Minister of Finance, Taiwo Oyedele, stating that it was the government's responsibility to honour legitimate obligations to its citizens. The severance benefits had been owed to workers since Nigeria Airways was officially liquidated in 2004.\n\nThe Premium Times reports that 2,100 former workers have received their benefits, with another 600 expected to receive theirs soon. The payments bring to a close a long-standing issue for the former employees of Nigeria Airways.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Nigeria Airways: FG pays N18bn severance benefits to 2,700 ex-workers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/nigeria-airways-fg-pays-n18bn-severance-benefits-to-2-700-ex-workers",
        "published": "2026-09-12T11:21:27.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}