[size=14pt]80-year-old pensioner dies on verification queue[/size]
By Sunday Aborisade

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Tuesday, 11 Oct 2011

Tragedy struck in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Monday when an 80-year-old man, Mr. Olusa Ayodele, slumped and died while waiting for his turn to be screened at the ongoing verification of Federal Government pensioners.


PUNCH METRO learnt that the octogenarian, who retired in 1984 from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, was taken to the venue of the screening by his 30-year-old son, Mr. Deji Ayodele.


It was gathered that no sooner had the man and his son arrived in Akure from their home town, Akunnu-Akoko, than he started feeling uncomfortable and vomitting.


His son was said to have alerted the officials in charge of the exercise to his father’s unstable condition but no step was taken to save the situation.


Deji told our correspondent that his father was suffering from malaria and had been taking drugs in the last five days.


“My father was sick and this made it difficult for him to walk. I have to carry him on my back to this place. When he started vomiting, I shouted for help but there were no medical personnel on ground to offer first aid treatment,” he said.


Our correspondent, who arrived at the scene around 11.30am, reported that the corpse was lying on the bare floor for about two hours before the attention of the state government was drawn to it.

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At least, a full life.

A highly disturbing picture especially with the nonchalant body language of those people around the corpse there. It seems it's become sort of an expected occurrence with the elderly when such exercises spring up. 

The reality of present day Nigeria - a far drastic departure from the promises and expectations of the country in their heydays.

God rest his soul.

Ths PDP government is heartless!!

Instead of paying people who have worked hard for the country their pensions they are sent on this wicked wild goose chase, having to queue for hours at their advanced age for no reason and after all that they are still not paid.

We need to get our country back from this bunch of criminals and gangsters that we call our government.

Otherwise , one day it could be you or I dying on a verification queue

May his soul RIP.
I wonder why they can't just pay pensioners their entitlement without suffering them first,now how much is the money sef that people should stand endless hours in the sun without achieving anything.

This is not good May his soul rest in peace.

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Ths PDP government is heartless!!

Instead of paying people who have worked hard for the country their pensions they are sent on this wicked wild goose chase, having to queue for hours at their advanced age for no reason and after all that they are still not paid.

We need to get our country back from this bunch of criminals and gangsters that we call our government.

Otherwise , one day it could be you or I dying on a verification queue  

I still marvel and reel in disbelief when people hang their complaints on existence of the PDP government. I think it shows lack of depth in understanding the problems we are facing as a nation.

It is NOT the PDP government that is the problem, but the inherent ineptitude, wickedness and malaise that the black man carries in his DNA.

How many of our politicians have changed parties since 1999 and how many times have they done that? Have you heard ANY party rejecting the application for membership of any politician? Bring ACN or CPC to power today and all the so-called PDP will swing like a heavy pendulum bob, carrying with them the same age-old malaise virus they have developed since birth, just like they brought it into PDP and effectively grew larger than the original founders (who are statesmen in all respects and have today quit the political scene in disgust)

The solution we need goes beyond the parties we see today, it goes beyond the system of things we have today and it surely goes beyond the sham constitution we operate today.

If we continue to hang on to this PDP bad-name tactics, we will never garner the momentum for revolutionary change.

God bless his soul. Someone said that if someone dies above 70 yrs, no matter the cause, it is a natural death 'cause if he were younger. . .
Bleep that. I hope they pay the money to his children at the very least.

Lmao
So it's not a PDP problem but a black man problem?

Tried and trusted. PDP has been in power for since the inception of democracy. First, you blame them.
Then you blame the opposition.
Then you blame the people
Wait, all black, lol

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When things will be perfected in this nation?

Thats Sad

so sad. Here in abuja the retired old soldiers go tru worse & harsh conditions just to collect their entitlements. There are similar cases of deaths like what happened to this man. These men live under a bridge close to the pension pay office in wuse zone 4 Abuja. They cook with peak milk containers. Sleep under the harsh weather of abuja. To cap it all they now beg in the streets of abuja for money and in the restaurants for food. It is that bad. And these men are peoples fathers. So so sad.

This is insane and disturbing, every time the Nigeria Gov changes the company that does these screenings, why? Just because they want to steal money, give their partners/sponsors money through screening contracts. The worst part of the whole nonsense is that, they end up not paying these pensioners, its said, These leaders and oppressors forget say one day be one day, wey we go sleep and never wake up, none of these kobo go follow una ooo

What a pity- Which way Nigerians cos we can't continue like this na. Abi na lie ngbo pipu?

Too bad.
Am sure the people responsible for this will never ever retire

r i p

Not suprising,but sad.very sad

RIP Baba!

Dat is really sad,i thought pension reform act was suppose to take care of this issue,FG wats going on

Oh mine! this kind of news is very disturbing anyway RIP baba.

A tragic scenario in deed, if we read d news well, we will notice dat d man died in proverty, i mean chronic one. For his child to back him to the place in this 2011, dat show dat d man and his family life depends on the money. I can prove that ondo state govt is responsible for the death of the man.

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This is so sad may his soul rest in peace