Nigeria, Dec. 11 -- Pensioners in Adamawa State have cried out over the non-payment of over N27 billion owed them by both the state and local government since the inauguration of the present administration in the state.

The pensioners also decried that since the coming of the present administration no pensioner has received their full gratuity.

Speaking during the marking of the Annual Pension Year 2020, in Yola, the state capital, Samson Almuru, the state chairperson of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), said between 2019 to date, over 200 pensioners have died waiting to receive their pension.

"Between 2019 to date, over 200 pensioners died waiting to receive their pension benefits.

''Since the inception of this administration n...